<p>“There will be no curfew restrictions in Srinagar and other towns of the valley today (Monday),” a senior police officer said here.<br />Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani also asked people to resume normal life for a day Monday.<br /><br />Shops, other business establishments, educational institutions, banks and post offices were open and public transport plied normally.<br />But the common people say they have had enough of the cycle of shutdowns and curfew restrictions.<br /><br />“I purchased my autorikshaw after my mother sold her gold jewellery. I am totally confused about my future now. In the last four months, my autorikshaw plied hardly for 10 days,” said Muneer Ahmad, a 26-year-old autorikshaw driver here.<br />Geelani has already called for another shutdown of two days beginning Tuesday, following which he would announce another weekly protest calendar.<br /><br />As part of their 'Quit Kashmir' campaign, separatists have been issuing protest calendars, paralysing life across the valley for nearly four months now.<br />As many as 109 people have lost their lives in clashes with the security forces since June 11 when the present unrest started in the Kashmir Valley.<br /></p>
<p>“There will be no curfew restrictions in Srinagar and other towns of the valley today (Monday),” a senior police officer said here.<br />Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani also asked people to resume normal life for a day Monday.<br /><br />Shops, other business establishments, educational institutions, banks and post offices were open and public transport plied normally.<br />But the common people say they have had enough of the cycle of shutdowns and curfew restrictions.<br /><br />“I purchased my autorikshaw after my mother sold her gold jewellery. I am totally confused about my future now. In the last four months, my autorikshaw plied hardly for 10 days,” said Muneer Ahmad, a 26-year-old autorikshaw driver here.<br />Geelani has already called for another shutdown of two days beginning Tuesday, following which he would announce another weekly protest calendar.<br /><br />As part of their 'Quit Kashmir' campaign, separatists have been issuing protest calendars, paralysing life across the valley for nearly four months now.<br />As many as 109 people have lost their lives in clashes with the security forces since June 11 when the present unrest started in the Kashmir Valley.<br /></p>