The apple growers/suppliers in Kashmir are presently a worried lot. Reason, the exorbitant transportation cost amid ongoing unrest in Kashmir is proving prohibitive for sending fruit to outside markets. According to the growers/suppliers the number of trucks in the wake of ongoing crisis in Kashmir has decreased sending the transportation costs sky high. “The truck fare from Srinagar to Delhi which was in the range of Rs 60 – Rs 70 per box of apple during last year, has surged to Rs 120,” Bashir Ahmad Bashir, President Parimpora Fruit Mandi…
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Harvesting Time: Demand for local labourers grows in Kashmir hinterland
With non-local labourers nowhere around due to the ongoing unrest in Kashmir, local labour is in large demand in the current harvest season in this central Kashmir’s district. The harvesting season in the Valley is presently on its peak. The shortage of non-local labour in the market has increased the demand for the local manual workers, the farmers here said. The ongoing unrest in the Valley marked by continued shutdowns, government-imposed restrictions and curfews has shooed away from the Valley the outside labourers constituting a significant portion of the labour…
Read MoreShortage of labourers hit dev projects in Valley, Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover to miss June 2017 deadline
The ongoing unrest has affected the developmental projects in Kashmir especially Jahangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover. The flyover may miss the June 2017 deadline as its construction has been stopped. The work on some vital projects handled by Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) and financed by Asian Development Bank (ADB) including Jahangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover, construction of Mehjoor Nagar-Jawahar Nagar Bridge, construction of surface water drainage system in Athwajan, water pipeline Doodhganga, water drainage system Rawalpora and other projects are on hold due to the continuous shutdown and strict restrictions across Valley. Director Economic…
Read MoreDal vegetables suffice Srinagar’s demand
At the break of dawn, there is a hustle in the interiors of Dal Lake as scores of boats carrying vegetables gather at a point in the water body known as Srinagar’s ‘Floating Vegetable garden.’ Within hours of appearance of vegetable growers on the scene, the trading of locally grown vegetables begins with wholesalers— who then pass it to vendors for consumption in restriction bound Srinagar and its peripheries. This market, as per vegetable sellers during curfew, restrictions and shutdown has emerged as an important link for them to supply…
Read MoreUnrest lands Valley’s wazas in soup
Abdul Gani, 52, a wazwan chef, has done no business this season. After the unrest started in Kashmir in the second week of July, he started getting calls and 90 per cent of his bookings were cancelled. Like Abdul, a resident of uptown Srinagar, most of the wazas in Kashmir made no money during this wedding season as the weddings were either cancelled or solemnised in a simple manner due to the ongoing unrest. “This season we have done no business. We are only getting calls for cooking at langars…
Read MoreChenani tunnel project hit by prolonged turmoil in Valley
Movement of material, workers disrupted; deadline extended The prolonged unrest in Kashmir has badly affected the completion of the country’s longest road tunnel between Chenani and Nashri on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The authorities have extended the deadline to the end of November, but with a rider that the tunnel would be thrown open to traffic only after normalisation of the situation in Kashmir. The unrest has slowed down the movement of material and people to and from Kashmir and thus, the most awaited 9.2-km-long Chenani-Nashri tunnel may take some…
Read MoreOnline Businesses suffer huge losses due to Internet ban
Online businesses and trade affiliated with e-commerce in Kashmir have faced losses worth over Rs 3000 lakh in past more than two months of the ongoing uprising due to ban on mobile Internet and broadband services. Preliminary estimates suggest that online businesses are incurring Rs 40 to 50 lakh losses on an average daily basis. President Courier Service providers Association, Zahoor Qari said that the Internet ban and prevailing situation on the ground has dented their business. “Courier service was not a traditional business in Kashmir, but it was flourishing…
Read MoreTourism thrives in Ladakh as Valley loses its peak season to unrest
As tourism activities have come to a halt in the Kashmir valley, there has been an increase in footfall in the Ladakh region. Ladakh has received a record number of tourists this year and the Tourism Department is looking forward to woo more visitors to the region through the annual Leh Festival that will begin on September 20 (Tuesday). “Ladakh has already received more than two lakh tourists this year. This is the highest number ever to have visited the region by this time of the year. We are expecting…
Read MoreSlump in business continues as shoppers stick to essentials
Despite opening of a few markets in the evenings, business activity continues to remain affected ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Two months of unrest following the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani on July 8 has adversely hit business activity. While shopkeepers are hoping to recover some losses ahead of Eid, most of the businesses remain affected as “evening shopping” mostly remains confined to people buying essentials. “No doubt, for the past two days, marketplaces have been bustling for two hours during evenings in view of the relaxation in Hurriyat calendar. However,…
Read MoreAll Party Delegation visit “Half-Hearted” measure: Kashmir Inc; Panel has no mandate, Boycott It: Geelani
Terming the upcoming visit of the ‘All Party Delegation’ to Jammu and Kashmir as “half-hearted” measure, the business fraternity in the Valley today said it would talk with the delegation if they talk to the Hurriyat. “The Kashmir Inc unanimously resolved not to meet the Union Home Minister-led All Party Delegation scheduled to visit Valley on September 4. Such half-hearted measures won’t solve any purpose as this dialogue seems to be conducted without seizing the hostilities and pressure tactics,” several trade bodies of Kashmir said in a joint statement issued…
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