Srinagar, June 7 (UNI) Train service resumed on Thursday after remaining suspended for security reasons in south Kashmir, where people were protesting, demanding handing over the two of five bodies of militants killed in an encounter near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tanghdar sector on May 25.
The bodies were exhumed at Tanghdar and later buried in their respective native villages in south Kashmir on Wednesday.
All trains were running as per schedule on Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla in north Kashmir normally, a senior railway official told UNI.
'All trains will be running on Srinagar-Banihal track via Pulwama, Anantnag and Qazigund in south Kashmir were suspended since 1300 hrs on Tuesday following protests by locals at Awantipora railway station,' he said.
He said after operating few trains in the morning on Wednesday in south Kashmir, the service was again suspended following fresh advisory received from police.
Now all the trains will operate as per schedule in south Kashmir, he said, adding that morning trains chug normally on the route.
The decision to suspend the train service was taken on the advice by local authorities and police for security reasons.
This was the third time train service was suspended in the Kashmir valley partially or fully this month.
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