SRINAGAR : Nine new guests from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) arrived in Srinagar while eleven Kashmiris crossed over to the other side of Line of Control (LoC).
Official sources said here today that nine people also returned to their places after crossing sides at Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector.
Nine people from the PoK, including four women and a child, crossed the Aman Setu, the peace bridge on foot, to enter India, they said adding that they had arrived in Srinagar to meet their relatives, separated in 1947.
Sources said seven Kashmiri, who had gone to the PoK, also returned to their homes after completing stay with their relatives across the border. They included two women and two children.
Eleven Kashmiris, including five women and a child, crossed to the other side to meet their relatives while two PoK residents also returned to their homes after completing stay in Kashmir.
The bus service, started on April 7, 2005, after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flagged off the first bus from here despite a threat by militants, has helped thousands of families divided in 1947 to meet each other.
(AGENCIES)
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