Overview
- The civil secretariat and 39 departments have begun a six‑month winter term in Jammu following the Srinagar closure on October 30–31.
- Omar Abdullah walked to the civil secretariat on opening day as trader groups greeted the move with public welcomes.
- A government order has issued a November–December roster specifying when individual ministers will be available at the Jammu secretariat.
- Only priority records were transported physically while most files shifted electronically, with NH‑44 traffic limited to southbound travel on November 1–2 to support the transfer.
- Authorities arranged security, accommodation and transport for staff, while the BJP criticized selective road repairs as optics-focused.