Train services suspended on Srinagar-Banihal track

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Srinagar, November 23 : Train services were suspended in the valley today , following the killing of six militants in a gunfight with the government forces in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district early morning today.

“We have suspended train services in the south Kashmir following fresh advisory from police this morning,” a senior railway official said.

He said all trains from Budgam to Banihal have been suspended for “security reasons”.

However, train service from Srinagar-Budgam in the central Kashmir to Baramulla in north will not be affected, he added.

He said the decision to suspend all train runs on Srinagar-Banihal track was taken for the security of passengers and railway property.