Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state spokesperson and Panchayat Raj Cell, general secretary Altaf Thakur has appealed the government to revoke the ban on civilian traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.
“With the beginning of Shri AmarnathYatra, people arebeing harassed on the pretext ofsecurity on Kashmir roads, despite the fact that Kashmiri have been servingyatris here since past many decades” Thakur said in a statement. “Thebusiness of all the shopkeepers on both sides of National Highway is zero due to theserestrictions, as even tourists are not allowed to stop their vehicles forshopping,” Thakur said.
He appealed government to reconsider its decision so thatpeople would not have to suffer unnecessarily.