Srinagar: A delegation of Members of European Parliament (MEPs) reached here on Tuesday to gauge the local situation and met various groups.
It is the first foreign delegation to visit Kashmir after the scrapping of Article 370 on August 5.
After checking into at a five-star hotel here, the MEPs were taken to the Army’s 15 Corps headquarters at Badami Bagh where top army commanders briefed them about the situation in Kashmir.
The delegation had lunch at the 15 Corps HQ.
Afterwards, they later met delegations of the Janata Dal-United and the Bharatiya Janata Party, representatives of panches and the sarpanches from the Valley, as well as the newly-elected Block Development Commission members.
The MEPs then took a ‘shikara’ ride on the Dal Lake, before returning to their hotel. The Chief Secretary is hosting a dinner for them.
The delegation will also get briefings from the J&K administration and the police.
There were reports of firing on a security patrol in Drubgaon in Pulwama in south Kashmir, but no injuries were reported so far. The area was cordoned off after the firing, with additional forces arrived to carry out search operation.
Meanwhile, 60,000 students appeared for their Class 10 exams in 4,000 centres across the Valley.