Srinagar: After remaining suspended for security reasons on Sunday, train service was resumed today in the Kashmir valley where separatists had called for a general strike against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's one-day visit.
On Sunday, PM inaugurated and laid foundation stone of various development projects besides two medical colleges in the state.
Last night a fresh advisory was received to resume train services in the Kashmir valley on Monday, informed a senior railway official this morning. Trains will chug on Badgam-Srinagar-Anantnag-Qazigund in south Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu region. Similarly, train will run on Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla in north Kashmir, he added.
"We are acting on the advice of local administration who are taking decision keeping in view the security and safety of the passengers, railway officials and property", he said adding that in the past railway property has suffered huge losses in violence.
He said that trains will witness heavy rush in the morning today when people will be resuming their normal activities after Sunday. Train service has become very popular in the valley as it is being considered cheap, safe and fast as compared to other modes of transport that are available in the valley.