Srinagar: The Kaman Bridge located at Line of Control (LoC) , dividing Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Azad Jammu and Kashmir was opened for the first time in six years to facilitate the return of the bodies of a couple who drowned in the Jhelum River two weeks ago.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the bridge is located in the Uri area of Baramullah district in IIOJK.
On March 5, the Indian Army said, a young man and woman from the villages of Basgran and Kamalkote “drowned” in the Jhelum River.
The bodies of a 22-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman had floated across the river, drifting from one side of the Line of Control (LoC) to the other.
The man’s body was eventually recovered near Chinari in AJK, while the woman’s body was found just a day earlier, also from the Azad Kashmir side of the river, Indian media reported.
The authorities returned the bodies which led to the reopening of the Kaman Bridge, after six years of its closure.
It is worth mentioning that the people of Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control, while welcoming the repatriation of the bodies, have demanded that all bridges along the LoC be opened to facilitate cross-border movement for relatives and ordinary citizens who have been separated for decades.
