Srinagar: The government on Sunday announced lockdown across Jammu and Kashmir from tomorrow and exempted 16 essential services.

The shutdown will continue till March 31, an official order said.

“Shutdown of all establishments and services except essential commodities/services throughout J&K from 8:00 pm today till 6 pm March 31. Vehicles carrying essential supplies exempted; essential services too exempted,” tweeted government spokeperson Rohit Kansal.