SRINAGAR: Normal rail services resumed in the Kashmir valley, where less number of train runs were operated yesterday for security reasons and intermittent snowfall.
All rail runs between Srinagar-Badgam in central Kashmir to Baramulla in north Kashmir will operate today as per schedule. Similarly train service from Badgam-Srinagar in central Kashmir to Anantnag and Qazigund in south valley and Banihal in Jammu region will operate as per schedule, a railway official said this morning.
He said for security and weather, out of 28 train runs, only 18 could operate yesterday as announced earlier yesterday, when the number of passengers was very less because of holiday on account of Republic Day, when separatist had called for a general strike.
There was some delay in the morning as we wanted to make sure that there is no snow on the tracks, he said.
There was moderate to heavy snowfall in the Kashmir valley, particularly in north Kashmir affecting rail service during the past one week.
Railways used to suspend train service when there was a strike call by separatists in the Kashmir valley in the past as the railways had suffered crores of rupees loss due to violence during which trains, tracks, traffic signals and stations were damaged by demonstrators.
The rail service also remained suspended for about six month long unrest in the Kashmir valley, where about 90 people, mostly youths, were killed and thousands injured in security force and police actions during protests.
