[Reader-list] Internal emergency in Jammu!

[Pawan Durani]

33 days, Jammu still burns
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=40e8aa4a-ba98-404c-9bb9-763759f1a609&ParentID=5b69ad64-dbe5-4ad2-99c6-bc44c4f33059&&Headline=33+days%2c+Jammu+still+burns

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com>wrote:

> Strike cripples life in Kashmir valley
>
> http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200808041321.htm
>
> Srinagar (PTI): The strike called by hardline faction of Hurriyat
> Conference to express solidarity with Muslims of Jammu region on
> Monday crippled life in the Kashmir valley.
>
> All shops, business establishments, schools and higher educational
> institutions remained closed due to the strike led by Syed Ali Shah
> Geelani, official sources said here.
>
> While public transport remained off roads on all routes of the valley,
> some light motor vehicles were plying in the city, they said.
>
> Security forces have been deployed at sensitive areas like Maisuma and
> Nowhatta. So far, the strike has been peaceful. There were no reports
> of any untoward incident from anywhere in the valley.
>
> o o o
>
> Jammu strife muffles Valley business
>
> Nazir Masoodi
> Monday, August 04, 2008, (Baramulla)
> http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080059965
>
>
> It seems that the biggest victims of the unrest in Jammu are the small
> business owners and daily workers.
>
> One of them are the Valley's fruit growers, who say that their
> livelihood has been severely affected by the ongoing strife in Jammu
> and desperate attempts are now being made to bring back some profits.
>
> It has been a long wait for Ghulam Mohammad to take his pear-laden
> truck to Delhi's Azadpur Mandi.
>
> Supporters of the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti have imposed an economic
> blockade targeting any truck carrying goods into or out of Kashmir.
> And fearing a backlash, Police are preventing trucks from moving
> forward.
>
> "The police are saying that Kashmiri truckers wouldn't be allowed to
> proceed because they are being beaten along the highway. So I had to
> return from Lower Monda," said Ghulam Mohammad, driver.
>
> Srinagar-Jammu highway is the only road link that connects Kashmir
> with the rest of India but after right wing political parties in Jammu
> declared a boycott of Kashmiri goods and began to enforce the economic
> blockade. Fruit growers in the Valley are now looking to take the
> Srinagar-Muzafarabad road to reach other places in India.
>
> "We are compelled to take this step. But since fruits are perishable
> we will take it via Jhelum Valley road," Ghulam Rasool, fruitseller.
>
> As the markets and the rout have succumbed to strife in Jammu, the
> Valley's fruit growers say they have been pushed to the wall and
> forced to use the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road to reach out to the
> market.
>
> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Leaders under house arrest . Most of them are likely to be arrested
> today.
> > Cable TV services blocked in Jammu. SMS services snapped.
> > Jammu Under EMERGENCY rule.!
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Ashwani Kumar <ashwanipkm at rediffmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 12:50 PM
> > Subject: Internal emergency in Jammu!
> >>
> >
> >
> > Dear friends,
> >
> >
> >                   You are requested to float the news across about the
> > latest developments as on date about Jammu. There is already curfew in
> > Jammu, hundreds have been injured, some arrests have been made, leaders
> are
> > under house arrest, media channels have been taken over by the police,
> > pressmen have been manhandled and no free movement is allowed. We are
> > expecting the administration to go to any extent.
> >
> >
> > -Ashwani,
> > Jammu
> > 3rd August 2008,  12.45 PM
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