“Scores of Kashmiris, mostly students and income tax professionals, come visiting every day,” said Irfan, who only gave one name. While phone calls and very limited text messages are now possible, the internet is still down. Banihal, a two-hour train ride from Srinagar, is the nearest town with any access. The two students took two hours on one train and then had to change to another which was another 90-minute standing trip to Banihal. There, they waited seven hours for the only train that left that day.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2020 05:37 UTC