Shops and business establishments started opening in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar Monday 6pm responding to the call of separatist leaders.
Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik had called upon people to resume their routine business everyday at 6 pm.
Reports reaching Srinagar said that all shops and business establishments started opening at 6pm in Bandipora as well.
Local sources said that even traffic started moving in the north Kashmir district.
Separatists have extended shutdown upto August 6 however they have appealed to open shops at 6 pm every day.