Shopkeepers, pony, and palanquin owners fear the ₹250 crore Vaishno Devi ropeway project will result in job losses and affect their livelihoods. Protests against the ₹250 crore ropeway project along the trek route to the Vaishno Devi shrine took a violent turn on Monday, leaving a policeman injured. Protesters allegedly resorted to stone pelting and clashed with the police in Jammu & Kashmir’s Reasi district, news agency PTI repoerted. Protests began when the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board announced plans to proceed with the ₹250-crore ropeway project along the 12-kilometre route…
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