Srinagar, March 5 || Restrictions continued across Kashmir on Thursday, even as the overall situation has improved and tensions are gradually coming down.
The situation had become tense in the wake of the protests over the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the US-Israel strikes in Iran.
Authorities said restrictions will remain in place throughout the Valley for the day, and no protests or gatherings of people will be allowed to maintain law and order.
Contingents of police and the CRPF were deployed on the ground at all sensitive locations in Srinagar district and other districts in the Valley.
Barricades and blockades at road intersections were placed to enforce restrictions.
These restrictions are being more strictly enforced in areas dominated by the Shia Muslim population in Srinagar and other districts.
Despite the authorities continuing precautionary measures, the situation was obviously improving in the Valley as people in ones and twos moved out to buy essentials of life in the uptown areas of Srinagar city and all other district headquarters of the Valley.
Except for the city centre Lal Chowk, where barricades, tin sheets and concertina wires were placed to enforce restrictions, shops in other areas of uptown Srinagar started business as usual.
As tensions started easing out, security forces also showed lenient behaviour towards people coming out to resume normal activities of life wherever such activities were possible.
Reports from other district headquarters indicate that markets have started opening with people coming out to buy the essentials of life.