<p class="title">Kashmir remained shut for the 12th consecutive day on Friday, even as the authorities relaxed restrictions on the movement of people in Srinagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Restrictions on the movement of people have been eased in most parts of the Valley. The situation so far has remained peaceful," a senior official of the state administration said here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said while the deployment of security forces on the ground remains as earlier, people were allowed to move around the city and other towns.</p>.<p id="page-title"><strong>Kashmir LIVE | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/liveblog/kashmir-live-situation-improving-in-jk-curbs-being-lifted-gradually-centre-to-sc-752128.html" target="_blank">Follow live updates here</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Kashmir was placed a under a total clampdown on August 5, hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Rajya Sabha that the special status for the state had been revoked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state administration has directed government employees to report at work from Friday through a radio announcement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the communication clampdown continues as all telephone and Internet services remained suspended.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While schools are closed for the past two weeks, shops and other business establishments too remained shut since August 5.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said the situation in the Valley was being monitored on a real-time basis and the decision to remove the forces would depend on the ground situation.</p>
<p class="title">Kashmir remained shut for the 12th consecutive day on Friday, even as the authorities relaxed restrictions on the movement of people in Srinagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Restrictions on the movement of people have been eased in most parts of the Valley. The situation so far has remained peaceful," a senior official of the state administration said here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said while the deployment of security forces on the ground remains as earlier, people were allowed to move around the city and other towns.</p>.<p id="page-title"><strong>Kashmir LIVE | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/liveblog/kashmir-live-situation-improving-in-jk-curbs-being-lifted-gradually-centre-to-sc-752128.html" target="_blank">Follow live updates here</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Kashmir was placed a under a total clampdown on August 5, hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Rajya Sabha that the special status for the state had been revoked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state administration has directed government employees to report at work from Friday through a radio announcement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the communication clampdown continues as all telephone and Internet services remained suspended.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While schools are closed for the past two weeks, shops and other business establishments too remained shut since August 5.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said the situation in the Valley was being monitored on a real-time basis and the decision to remove the forces would depend on the ground situation.</p>