By SUNIL Sonkar

Srinagar, April 02 — Militants detonated on Thrusday night an improvised explosive device (IED) on a section of railway track in Jammu and Kashmir. The blast damaged 2-3 feet of the track on the Qazigund Baramulla route at Pulwama, 40 kms from Srinagar. This route connects south Kashmir with the North. No trains were running at the time of blast and no casualties have been reported.

Official said, “About two to three metres of railway track was blown up by guerillas late Thursday by carrying out an IED blast near Ratnipora village in Pulwama. The track is being restored and rail traffic will be resumed very shortly.”

The blast took place at 10 pm and the train services in the route have been suspended since then.

According to official, restoration work started in the morning and the train service will be resuming soon.

Every day one train runs on the route which started last year. This link took over a decade to construct and it connects Kashmir to the rest of India. It is a 18-kilometer long line and connects capital Srinagar with other important places of Kashmir. After the construction of the link there were several militant attacks in the area, but this is the first time the militant targeted rail link.