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Turmoil hits Valley, Jammu feels the pinch 10/12/2016 11:58:17 PM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 12: The ongoing turmoil in Kashmir Valley has severely hit Jammu, with traders and transporters, in particular, feeling the pinch. Rajinder Singh, a taxi driver said that with the direct connectivity of Katra by trains some time back, the tourists from across the country directly travel to Katra town, hitting the livelihood of transport operators in Jammu. Singh said the three-month agitation in the Valley has added to their woes as tourist inflow to Jammu has sharply dropped. He said the condition of small time taxi operators and other transport operators has become extremely deplorable. "When they are finding it difficult to feed their families, how can they repay their bank loans?" Subash Chander, a businessman, said the whole summer season was dry and hit by prolonged turmoil in Kashmir which has ultimately affected the business activities in Jammu. He said that Jammu division has been the victim of step motherly treatment at the hands of successive state governments. "There are many tourist spots like Patnitop, Sanasar, Mansar, and pilgrim tourist spots where the tourists could have visited during turmoil period in Kashmir. But unfortunately the government did not pay any attention to attract tourists towards these spots in large number which could have boosted the business activities in Jammu division," Chander said. Many people criticizing the failure of the Tourism Department to woo tourists from across the country to Jammu region. They said that during the three month unrest in the Valley, the authorities of the Tourism Department have gone into deep hibernation and have abdicated their responsibility to launch country wide effective campaign for promotion of tourism in Jamumu region. Rafiq Hussain, a hotel owner, said that there should have been a well knit mechanism put in place by the Tourism Department to attract tourists to Jammu division where there was no disturbance and law and order problem. "Had the department been alert enough and had risen to the occasion following unrest in Kashmir, tourists could have been attracted and brought in large number here," he said. "It would have pushed the inflow of tourists in Jammu division."   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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