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Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus remains suspended
KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 4/16/2019 1:25:36 PM
SRINAGAR, Apr 15: The weekly Karwan-e-Aman bus service operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad remained suspended for the seventh consecutive week today.
The bus service remained due to repair work of the Kaman bridge, which connects Kashmir valley with PAK, said an official.
An official said repair work was still going on at the bridge, at Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector.
“Once the repair work is completed and we receive green signal, the cross-LoC bus will be resumed,” he said.
The official said all the passengers who were scheduled to travel in the bus today have been informed about the cancellation of the bus.
They will be now adjusted in the bus, next week, added.
The bus service, a major confidence building measure (CBM) between India and Pakistan after the 1999 Kargil War, continued despite summer uprising of 2016 and tension on the LoC, due to ceasefire violation.
The cross-LoC bus service which started on April 7, 2005, has helped thousands of families to meet each other after India and Pakistan agreed to allow travel of state subjects from both sides on travel permits, instead of the international passport.
The travel permit is issued to the state subject from both sides of the LoC, only after their names are cleared by the intelligence agencies from India and Pakistan. However, only state subjects from both sides can avail the cross.