Uniting families: Trans-LoC bus service resumes on Jan 30

Karvan-e-Aman, which unites Kashmiri families separated since 1947 in Muzaffarabad and Srinagar, will resume tomorrow.

MIRPUR: The Karvan-e-Aman bus, which unites Kashmiri families separated since 1947 in Muzaffarabad and Srinagar, will resume tomorrow – January 30 - after remaining suspended for two weeks due to snowfall and fears of avalanches on the historic route, official sources said. Sources added that the weekly bus will resume its run on Monday, provided there is no fresh snowfall on its route. The service was suspended on Jan 16 due to heavy snowfall in the region. Being one of the important CBMs between Pakistan and India, the bus service was inaugurated on April 7, 2005.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 30^th, 2012.