Mufti expresses concern over ecological impact of developmental projects in Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 18 (PTI) People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday expressed concern over the ecological impact of some developmental projects in Kashmir, saying development should not come at the cost of environment and resources.
Mufti, a former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, raised an alarm over three projects — Rajouri-Baramulla highway, ring road from Galander to Ganderbal and the expansion of railway line.
“Our land, forests and our resources are in danger. Lakhs of kanals of our agricultural land and lakhs of trees in our forests are getting affected due to those projects,” the PDP president said at a press conference here.
She said the agricultural land in most of the districts in the Kashmir valley is getting affected in these projects.
“It creates a doubt that their (government’s) hearts have not been satisfied by the destruction of J-K that they have caused and so they are now after our lands,” she alleged.
