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Srinagar, May 09
Small time local quarry contractors of South Kashmir area of Doru in Anantnag District today blocked Jammu Srinagar National Highway to protest the leasing out of quarries by the state government to outsiders.
The protesting marginal contractors who were earlier given monthly permits for extracting stones in the area have threatened to go on hunger strike if government would not scarp the leases given to big contractors.
Sources told that hundreds of local quarry contractors assembled near Quazigund and blocked the busy Jammu Srinagar National Highway disrupting the traffic for about one hour.
They were demanding early scraping of the leases to the big contractors and restoration of previous system of extraction on permit by local contractors.
"We have decided to go on indefinite hunger strike if government would not concede to our demands" said Abdul Ahad one of the protesting contractor.
As per estimates about two thousand families of Dooru area are dependent on stone quarry.
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