By News Agency of Kashmir,
Srinagar : Kashmir Valley is observing a complete shut down on the eighth consecutive day today despite the assurances from the government that it would revoke the controversial order of land transfer to SASB.
Reports revealed that all the shops and other business establishment remained closed in the city and its suburbs on Monday.
The violent protests continued despite Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad declaring Sunday that his cabinet would formally revoke the plan.
A prominent separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said protests would not stop until the land transfer had been formally rescinded.
“Until we see a written order from the government that the land transfer order has been revoked we will not call off these protests,” said Farooq.
The state government had said Sunday it would take charge of logistics for a major annual Hindu pilgrimage to a mountain grotto, effectively revoking the land transfer.
The government’s decision to provide land to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, a Hindu Trust taking care of pilgrims visiting the Muslim-majority region, provoked huge protests and violent clashes across the Kashmir valley.
Four protesters were killed in police firing and more than 300 people injured in clashes that broke out on June 23.