Prior to the 5 August revocation announcement, Section 144 curfew was imposed in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley, the Hindu-majority Jammu region and the Buddhist-majority Ladakh region.[60][61][62] The current lockdown was far more intense in the Srinagar (Kashmir) region, where "people are used to curfews and living under a heavy security presence", according to The Guardian newspaper.[63][64] Concrete barricades blocked roads every few hundred meters.[6] Shops and clinics were closed,[7] as were all educational institutions[8] and a red alert was sounded across Jammu and Kashmir.[9] The government lifted Section 144 curfew and reopened schools in some Jammu region districts effective 10 August 2019.[61]