Srinagar: Authorities have re-imposed curfew in parts of Srinagar and several areas of north Kashmir on Monday to foil a possible Hurriyat-sponsored march to Pattan.
Police and paramilitary forces have stalled the movement of people and vehicles in downtown Srinagar.
The hardline Hurriyat Conference had called for a protest march to Baramulla district's Palhalan town, about 40 km from here, on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road.
"Curfew has been imposed in six police station areas of Srinagar city and Baramulla and Kupwara districts of north Kashmir today (Monday) as a precautionary measure," a senior police official said here.
The business establishments were closed even in those areas of Srinagar city where the curfew was not imposed, the police official said.
Private transport was, however, seen plying in most uptown areas of Srinagar as parents ferried their children to schools where examinations of various classes began Monday.
Over the last four months of unrest in the Kashmir Valley, the separatists have been calling protest marches as part of their Quit Kashmir campaign. These marches have often turned violent, resulting in deaths of protesters in clashes with the security forces.
So far 110 protestors have been killed in clashes since June. (With IANS inputs)
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