30th July, 2008 - Jammu still simmers

The bandh length in Jammu seems to have gone beyond anyone's imagination. It is a week now and Jammu remains tense for the eighth day with protests continuing against the revocation of the Amaranth Yatra Land transfer deal. The protestors clashed with the police at parade area in the old Jammu city on Tuesday pelting stones. The police had to resort to tear gas shelling to control the crowds. Amarnath Yatra Sangrash Samiti, later, extended the Jammu bandh call for three more days, till Sunday.