At least two dozen stone pelting incidents were reported from across the Valley in Jammu and Kashmir on August 19, reports Daily Excelsior. At least eight persons were admitted to hospitals with stone and pellet injuries in Srinagar (Srinagar District). Two of them were from Srinagar and rest of them from South Kashmir.
Meanwhile, the curfew restrictions were eased in majority of the areas in Srinagar city (Srinagar District) of Jammu and Kashmir on August 19 but people blocked the roads in these areas leading to complete blockade of road network in various city areas, reports Daily Excelsior. Director Information Syed Sehrish Asgar said that at Srinagar’s Civil Secretariat 98 per cent of staff were in attendance on August 19. “Attendance figures in all the Government offices are picking up rapidly,” she said.