In a region mired in conflict, it takes all the more courage, and perseverance to be the voice of the voiceless and to separate facts from propaganda. Help The Kashmir Monitor sustain so that we continue to be editorially independent. Remember, your contributions, however small they may be, matter to us.

Restaurants, food courts, street food kiosks to remain closed in Srinagar: DC

Srinagar, March 17: Amid Coronavirus scare, District Development Commissioner Srinagar on Tuesday ordered closure of all restaurants and other eatery shops in city.

“No restaurants, Food Courts, food joints, street food kiosk, roadside eateries, community kitchens, home-delivery of food services shall operate in District Srinagar till further notification by DDMA,” reads the official order issued by DC Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.

The order further instructs that no conferences, workshops, rallies, gatherings, sit-in protests shall be organized till 31 March 2020, adding that no community halls government or private, shall offer any booking, henceforth, for any public function, social or religious.