Kashmir parents keep children out of school as tensions remain high.

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Many fear further unrest after violent clashes between Indian police and protesters.

Security forces patrol outside a school in Srinagar on Monday. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images
▼ Classrooms in Indian-administered Kashmirwere mostly empty on Monday, despite a government notice that schools would re-open, as tensions remained high across the territory.
Many parents in Srinagar, Kashmir’s main city, kept their children at home, fearing further unrest after violent clashes over the weekend between Indian troops and protesters opposed to Delhi’s revocation of the  region’s special status.
Mobile and internet services remained blocked after an unprecedented lockdownimposed hours before the Indian government announcement was made two weeks ago. At least 4,000 people have reportedly been arrested under controversial public safety laws, and residents have faced near-constant curfew rules, apparently to prevent unrest.
Jammu and Kashmir’s chief secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam, said on Friday that life would return to normal over the weekend, with movement restrictions lifted in many areas, landlines reinstated and some schools reopening.
On Monday, very few pupils arrived at any of the 190 schools that had opened in Srinagar. “It is a risk. I cannot risk my child’s life for some experiment,” a local police officer said.
Communication blocks mean there is no way of contacting school staff in case of an emergency, he said. “There has been a gradual increase in anger and protests over the last three days so one cannot say what will happen next. The situation will not implode but there are chances that protests will grow.”
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asr335704

While things are improving slowly in the area, it is best to be alert and cautious. Keeping kids safe is something everyone would want to do until the situation returns to normalcy.

parivijesh100

This is because of propoganda machineries active in Kashmir, who do not want normalcy in Kashmir for their vested interest. Politicians, so called civil societies & Pakistan is responsible for this. Things will improve in few days.