SRINAGAR: Only one new guest from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) arrived here while four Kashmiris crossed over to the other side of the Line of Control (LoC) in the weekly Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad.
Twenty people also returned to their sides at the Kaman Post, in Uri sector, official sources said on Monday afternoon.
They said only one resident of PoK arrived at Kaman Post after crossing the Aman Setu, peace bridge, on foot to meet their relatives, separated in 1947 due to partition.
However, there was no returnee in the bus which came from PoK.
The number of guests coming here from PoK goes down during winter months while it increases during summer when weather is pleasant in Kashmir.
On the contrary, the number of people going to PoK in the peace bus goes down in summer and increases in winter.
Meanwhile, four Kashmiris, including a woman and a child, crossed over to the other side of LoC.
Twenty PoK residents, including eight women and four children, who had arrived in previous buses to meet their relatives, returned to their homes after completing their stay here, they added.
The weekly bus service was one of the major Confidence Building Measures (CBM) taken by India and Pakistan to allow families divided due to partition in 1947 to meet each other.
(AGENCIES)
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