Ops resume at Jammu & Srinagar airports
Srinagar, May 14 -- Commercial flight operations resumed at Srinagar and Jammu airports on Tuesday, six days after being suspended amid hostilities between India and Pakistan, said officials.
They said schools and colleges also opened in non-border areas of J&K. Airport director Javed Anjum said the first flight, coming from Delhi, landed in Srinagar around 1.20 pm. "Eight flights were operated on Tuesday," he added.
On normal days, the airport operates around 100 flights, facilitating approximately 16,000 to 17,000 passengers.
Jammu airport director Sanjeev Kumar Garg said, "Air India Express flight operated on Delhi-Jammu-Srinagar route and back."
Hajj pilgrimage flights will resume from Wednesday, airport director Anjum said.
A total of seven Hajj flights between May 7 and 12 were cancelled. There will be three such flights on May 14 and 15, and a new schedule for the cancelled trips will be released soon, officials said.
Schools and colleges in non-border areas opened.
"The classwork resumed and there was a lot of chatter about the war-like situation over the past six days," said M Kabir, a high school student in Srinagar. The regular work across all campuses of the Kashmir University will resume on Wednesday, an official of the varsity said in a communication.
"However, the students residing in border areas may join from on Monday, May 19," the communication said. The educational institutions were closed from May 9....
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