J&K: Omar Abdullah welcomes centre's permission to Muharram procession through traditional route after 3 decades
Lok Sabha elections," he said. After a restriction for more than thirty years, the authorities have allowed the 8th Muharram procession to pass through its traditional route on Thursday.
The administration had granted two-hour permission to the procession to be carried out between 6 am to 8 am. The traditional route passes from Shaheed Gunj to Dalgate.
Notably, the route was thrown out of bounds for the processions in the backdrop of the law and order situation since 1989. The administration put all security arrangements in place to prevent any law and order situation during processions.
There was a long pending request to carry the eighth procession through its traditional route be fulfilled this time. To manage the traffic in working hours and the procession, the permission was granted between 6 am to 8 am, said Divisional Commissioner (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar Bidhuri on Wednesday.
Significantly, a day earlier, the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar chaired a high-level meeting to discuss arrangements for Muharram. THe administration took special care of managing religious processions, crowd management, preventing any untoward incidents and maintaining a peaceful environment, and traffic.
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