PUF members stage protest, demand revocation of highway, train restrictions
Srinagar ;Members associated with recently formed alliance Peoples United Front (PUF) staged a sit-in protest at Srinagar’s press Enclave against five hours ban on Srinagar-Jammu highway during Yatra days and suspension of trains on Qazigund-Banihal track.
PUf members stages protest against 5 hours of highway ban and suspension of train services on Qazigund-Banihal track, at Press Enclave on July 5, 2019. KL image by UK
Scores of the members including Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) president and former MLA Langate Er Rasheed, student activist, Shehla Rashid who recently Joined Jammu Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), and many others associated with the alliance (PUF) assembled in press colony and sought the revocation of the highway ban and restoration of train services on Banihal to Qazigund track.
Holding placards that read, “Yes to Yatra, No to Ban”, “Revoke Highway and Train Restrictions,” the members said that the current government is turning a blind eye towards the plea by blocking the main thoroughfare.
They said the besides common masses, the blockade has hit the economy of the state, and hoteliers’, transporters, and fruit growers are suffering the most.
