SRINAGAR: The curfew imposed by the Indian authorities in the occupied Kashmir entered the third day, on Wednesday (today), converting the entire territory into a big jail through the huge deployment of forces.

According to the Kashmir Media Service (KMS), all educational institutions are closed while the entire population has been virtually held incommunicado as it has no contact with the external world through the internet or telephone.

People are facing a shortage of daily commodities including milk, dairy items and medicines. The curfew also remained imposed in all major cities and towns of Chenab valley districts in Jammu region.