Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday continued with day-time relaxations across Kashmir, while students stayed away from schools despite the administration's order of the reopening of educational institutions up to the middle classes-level across the Valley.
The authorities have lifted restrictions from several areas of Kashmir, including from several parts of Srinagar.
Barricades were removed from uptown and civil lines areas of the city and even the downtown areas, but the deployment of security forces continued to maintain law and order. However, restrictions continued in some parts especially in the downtown areas of the city.
Most of the schools, especially private-run institutes, wore a deserted look as no student turned up to attend the classes even as a few staff members joined duties at some of these institutions, the officials said.
They said parents desisted from sending their children even to the government-run schools because of the prevailing situation.