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| Private airlines company to start service to Kargil | | | early times report
SRINAGAR, Dec 19 : A private Airlies ' Mantra Airlines' has announced to start service to border district of Kargil in Ladakh region, which remained cut off during winter months due to closure of Srinagar-Leh national highway.
Hundreds of passengers stranded for the past two weeks at Kargil protested against government for failing to airlift them to Jammu and Srinagar.
Member of Parliament (MP) from Ladakh Ghulam Hassan Khan said that the long pending demand of the people of Kargil has been met with a private Airlines Company Mantra Airlines agreeing to start services from Friday.
He said that a high-level consultative meeting of the Ministry of Civil Aviation chaired by the Minister Civil Aviation was held in Delhi recently.
Deliberating on the Action Taken Report on pending issues of the Ministry, the Minister said that a regional air lines with small aircraft has agreed to start air service to Kargil and the Ministry has given it all necessary clearance.
This Regional Air Lines has also conducted a test flight to Kargil and presently it is finalising other formalities, including fare and load.
More than 500 passengers, stranded at Kargil for the past two weeks, protested against the government.
They alleged that despite repeated assurance to arrange Indian Air Force (IAF) plane to airlift them to Jammu and Srinagar nothing has been done.
They further alleged that only those who pay bribe or have some relations in the administration are getting priority in the Kargil courier or any other air craft.
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