Durbar Move: In Kashmir, governance a ‘Casualty’ for over 3 months now

The Civil Secretariat in J&K’s summer capital Srinagar is set to close and shift to Jammu for next six months. This time however, the highest seat of governance functioned in the Valley only for a “brief time” and continued to remain ‘paralyzed’ in the wake of massive protests and clashes triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8. On Thursday, there were no long queues of people outside the highly-fortified Secretariat here, nor were its corridors bustling with any activity. This may be a usual…

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