Srinagar/Jammu, Aug 22 (UNI) All roads led to Eidgah, where lakhs of people today joined the Friday congregation, organised by the Coordination Committee (CC), as a general strike paralysed life in the Kashmir valley after three days of normal activities.
An extended day-long curfew relaxation of 17 hours was ordered in Jammu district where the night curfew will remain in force for some more days, the District Magistrate said. However, a bandh continued on the 30th consecutive day today, in protest against the government's decision to revoke the order of land diverted in favour of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) in south Kashmir.
The government appealed to the people not to pay heed to rumours being spread frequently by ''mischievous elements to create tension in the state''.
The Hurriyat Conference (HC) appealed to people to observe three-day general strike from tomorrow in the Kashmir valley urging them to join Lal Chowk chalo march on Monday.
Making this brief announcement at Eidgah congregation this afternoon, chairman of the moderate HC Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq said it was a religious gathering.
Chairman of the breakaway Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz, Mohammad Yaseen Malik, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Mushtaq Ul-Islam, Shakeel Bakshi, Moulana Abbas Ansari and other separatist leaders also joined the Friday prayers.
In Kashmir valley, the strike call, was given by the CC, an alliance of both the factions of the Hurriyat Conference (HC), all other separatist organisations, traders, Kashmir Bar Association among others, spearheading the present agitation, demanding opening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road for trade, withdrawal of special powers to security forces, reduction of troops and release of all detenues languishing in jails for years.
Shops and business xxx picking up from para 5, line 1 of DR 24 ''AGITATION-KASHMIR-LEAD MEETING''.
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An extended day-long curfew relaxation of 17 hours was ordered in Jammu district where the night curfew will remain in force for some more days, the District Magistrate said. However, a bandh continued on the 30th consecutive day today, in protest against the government's decision to revoke the order of land diverted in favour of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) in south Kashmir.
The government appealed to the people not to pay heed to rumours being spread frequently by ''mischievous elements to create tension in the state''.
The Hurriyat Conference (HC) appealed to people to observe three-day general strike from tomorrow in the Kashmir valley urging them to join Lal Chowk chalo march on Monday.
Making this brief announcement at Eidgah congregation this afternoon, chairman of the moderate HC Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq said it was a religious gathering.
Chairman of the breakaway Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz, Mohammad Yaseen Malik, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Mushtaq Ul-Islam, Shakeel Bakshi, Moulana Abbas Ansari and other separatist leaders also joined the Friday prayers.
In Kashmir valley, the strike call, was given by the CC, an alliance of both the factions of the Hurriyat Conference (HC), all other separatist organisations, traders, Kashmir Bar Association among others, spearheading the present agitation, demanding opening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road for trade, withdrawal of special powers to security forces, reduction of troops and release of all detenues languishing in jails for years.
Shops and business xxx picking up from para 5, line 1 of DR 24 ''AGITATION-KASHMIR-LEAD MEETING''.
UNI TEAM SP AS1844
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