Watch: Boys in Baramulla Play Football After Months, Say It's 'Lowering Mental Stress'
Kashmir has been under a lockdown since August 5 last year, first because of the Centre's revocation of J&K's special status and then because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As life has started showing some semblance of normalcy due to Unlock 2.0, a group of young people in the Hygam village of Baramulla district of Kashmir have started a first-of-its-kind under lights football tournament.
The aim is to help young people resume sporting activities, overcome mental health issues and maintain physical health after a prolonged shutdown – first because of the reading down of Article 370 and subsequently because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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