After days of violence,peace returns to Punjab,Haryana

Peace is fast returning to violence-hit Punjab and neighbouring Haryana with no untoward incident reported and curfew relaxation passing off peacefully in four cities on Wednesday.

Peace returned on Wednesday to Punjab and Haryana after two days of violence following the killing of a sect leader in Vienna with no untoward incident being reported from anywhere even as curfew relaxations periods were extended in the arson-hit areas of Punjab.

Rail and bus services were fully restored in Punjab but passenger traffic was thin apparently due to apprehensions among the people in the wake of the violence,officials said.

Curfew was relaxed for extended periods in Jalandhar,the hub of Dera Sachkhand and worst-affected in the violence,Phagwara,Hoshiarpur,Malout and five police station areas in Ludhiana and no untoward incident was reported during that time,they said.

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Transport authorities resumed the bus services to most of the destinations barring Jalandhar,Punjab state transport director Mandeep Singh said here.

Life was by and large normal except in the curfew-bound areas of the state,they said.

The officials said Ambala,Yamunanagar and Jagadhari in neighbouring Haryana,which also witnessed disturbances,remained peaceful.

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