SRINAGAR: The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), left here on Monday to cross over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC), official sources said.
The bus left at Bemina in Srinagar this morning for Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, sources said.
They said the bus has since reached Trade Facilitation Centre (TFC) where more passengers will board it before leaving for Kaman post at Uri. The exact number of passengers travelling to other side of the LoC will be known in the afternoon, they said adding number of people travelling from POK to here will be known in the evening.
The cross-LoC bus, introduced on April 7, 2005 has helped thousands of families, divided due to partition in 1947 to meet each other.
However, only state subjects from both sides of the LoC are eligible to travel provided their names are cleared by the intelligence agencies from both sides. (AGENCIES)
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