Photos: Lockdown in Kashmir cripples daily life of children

As restrictions enter the 53rd day in the Kashmir valley after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, children remain the most affected. The government has cut off internet access, put politicians under house arrest and shut down schools. The authorities have encouraged students to return to school but parents have largely been unwilling to send their children back because of the restrictions that remain in place. Instead, hundreds of children have found refuge in dozens of makeshift schools that have popped up in homes and religious centres.

Updated on: Sep 26, 2019 4:05 PM IST

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A man feeds a child outside a closed shop during curfew hours in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. As the disputed Himalayan region continues to reel under unprecedented lockdown for the 53rd consecutive day, the children of the region have been the most affected. The crisis has upended the education of millions of children, and many have been caught up in street violence. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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A man walks with a child past a paramilitary soldier standing guard during restrictions ahead of Friday prayers in Srinagar. Normal life in the valley has remained crippled since August 5, when the Centre revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 and announced the decision to bifurcate the state into two Union territories. The government has deployed thousands of troops to the already heavily militarized region to quell potential dissent. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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A school building stands isolated during a strike in Srinagar. Although some restrictions have been eased in the city, schools in the region remain closed. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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A classroom stands empty at a school in Srinagar. The authorities have encouraged students to return to school but parents have largely been unwilling to send their children back because of the restrictions that remain in place. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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Children study at the residence of a tuition teacher in the outskirts of Srinagar. Children have instead found refuge in makeshift schools amid the lockdown as dozens of ad hoc learning centres have popped up in homes and religious centres, and hundreds of students have signed up. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Children leave a local mosque building as they attend free coaching classes by locals during a strike in Srinagar. Mobile services remain suspended in Kashmir except in Handwara and Kupwara areas in the north while internet services continue to be snapped across all platforms in the valley. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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6-year-old Muneefa Nazir, a Kashmiri girl whose right eye was hit by a marble ball shot allegedly by paramilitary soldiers on August 12, stands outside her home in Srinagar. Reports from the region also suggest that children have been injured in actions by government forces. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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Boys offer Friday prayers at the doorway of a local mosque in an alley during curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar. Authorities have detained scores of teenagers to prevent them from joining or organizing new protests. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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A girl watches a protest from the window of a shrine in Srinagar. On September 20, the Supreme Court directed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s Juvenile Justice Committee to investigate allegations of illegal detention of children by security forces. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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A boy stands with his bicycle as sheets cover windows of residential houses to protect them from stone-throwing, during a strike in Srinagar. Most of the top-level and second-rung separatist politicians have been taken into preventive custody while mainstream leaders, including two former chief ministers -- Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti -- have been either detained or placed under house arrest. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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Children play carom board at a closed market area in Srinagar. Another former chief minister and sitting Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah has been arrested under the controversial Public Safety Act, a law enacted by his father and National Conference founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in 1978 when he was the chief minister. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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Children play in the garden of their home during a strike in Srinagar. The Kashmir region is also claimed by Pakistan and is divided between the two nuclear-armed neighbours by a heavily militarized Line of Control. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)