No Karvan-e-Aman bus to PoK for second week in a row
Srinagar, Mar 11 (UNI): The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) remained suspended for the second week on Monday, official sources said.
We have received information that cross-Line of Control (LoC) bus service will remain suspended for the second consecutive week, sources told UNI.
Last week the bus was suspended due to holiday on account of Mahashivratri festival, they said, adding that we were told a bridge was under repair on the Uri-Muzaffarabad road. Therefore, the bus would not run.
They said passengers, who were scheduled to travel in the bus had been informed accordingly on Sunday.
However, the passengers, who were scheduled to travel in the bus on March 4 and today will be accommodated in the next bus from both sides, they added.
The cross-LoC bus has helped thousands of families, divided in 1947 due to partition, to meet each other since April 7, 2005 when India and Pakistan government agreed to allow these families to travel on “Travel Permits” instead of international passports.
However, state subjects from both sides are allowed to travel in the bus only after their names are cleared by intelligence agencies.
Image credit: UNI
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