People reviving age-old water transport amid restrictions in Valley

Amid restrictions and road blocks people are reviving the age-old practice of water transport using various routes here in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. People in the district are transporting goods and travelling to other places amid restrictions using age-old routes through River Jhelum and Wular Lake, River Jhelum is proving more helpful these days than the macadamized but blocked roads here in Bandipora. Donga-boats (shikaras) are used to move from one place to another in the district. Even some boats are being used to reach Sopore, Srinagar, Patan and Baramulla.…

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