Omar announces removal of twelve more bunkers

With today’s decision,the total number of security bunkers removed in the Valley stands at 39 with twenty seven of them removed earlier by the government in two phases.

The decision to undertake removal of bunkers in other towns will be taken shortly,an official spokesperson said.

As part of its initiative to address the unrest in the Kashmir valley,the Centre had decided to appoint a group of interlocutors to hold a “sustained dialogue” with various shades of opinion,to release about 200 youth detained for stone-pelting and de-escale the presence of security personnel.

It had also requested the state government to review the deployment of security forces in the Kashmir Valley with particular reference to de-escaling the number of bunkers,check-points in Srinagar and other towns,and to review the notification of areas as ‘disturbed areas’.