Traders, Fruit Growers, Pharmaceutical association others protest against Highway Ban in Sopore
By Peerzada Waseem
Sopore: Demanding revocation of five hour daily restrictions on highway hundreds of members of coordination committee Sopore on Friday morning joined a protest along with members of fruit traders at Asia’s second largest Fruit Mandi at Apple town Sopore.
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 resulted in loses to the Industry.
Reports said that 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 sit peaceful protest.
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 that 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.
