Protest held at Sopore against fresh highway restrictions
Sopore: Coordination Committee Sopore along with members of Fruit Traders held a protest on Friday against the fresh highway restrictions and demanded immediate revocation of restriction order.
Scores of members of various civil organisations of Sopore including Traders’ Federation Sopore, Civil Society Sopore, Economic Alliance Sopore, Northern Pharmaceutical Distributers Association and Industrial Estate Sopore under the banner of Coordination Committee Sopore joined with scores of fruit traders at Fruit Mandi Sopore and staged a peaceful sit-in.
The protestors demanded revocation of five hour daily restrictions on national highway.
Shouting slogans they demanded immediate revocation of order. They said the restrictions were proving costly for the fruit industry in the valley besides annoying common people.
President Fruit Growers and Dealers Association Sopore Fayaz Ahmad Malik said that due to the restrictions on public transport, the distribution of early varieties of apples and other fruits and vegetables were badly affected as trucks remain halted on highway for many days which resulting in loses to the Industry.
Javid Ahmad Bhat, President Industrial estate Sopore said, “The traders are not against Amarnath Yatra or the yatris, but the government should have set up a mechanism in order to ensure free movement of public transport on the highway”.
Bilal Ahmad
