Shutters are down, gunmen stand guard at street corners, and an eerie silence hangs over the Valley.
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00:00This is how Srinagar's Lal Chowk aka the heart of the city looked like a day after the Pahlkam terror attack.
00:05A few days ago the picture was quite different.
00:07Tourists everywhere, people hoisting the tricolor, it was peaceful.
00:11But now, shutters pulled down, gunmen armed to the teeth at every corner and an eerie silence.
00:17Schools, colleges and businesses had closed in several parts of Kashmir
00:20in response to the deadly attack on 22nd April.
00:23Several leaders including Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Meirwais Omar Farooq
00:26and Mehboob Ahmufti collectively joined this band and supported it.
00:29Tourists were leaving Kashmir in droves.