 EARLY TIMES REPORT
SAMBA, May 15: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) today submitted a memorandum to Lt Governor Girish Chander Murmu through Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Vijaypur demanding opening of shops dealing in non-essential commodities in Samba district.
Led by former minister and senior leader, JKAP, Manjit Singh, the deputation on behalf of businessmen of Vijaypur and Ramgarh of Samba district called on SDM Vijaypur and submitted memorandum for LG Murmu.
In this memorandum, the JKAP has demanded that the traders and shopkeepers are among the worst sufferers and they should be allowed to open their shops for the welfare of all the people.
The former Minister said that except essential commodities, all other shops are closed which needs to be opened in a time frame manner. “A large number of shops are closed since last two months. The shops of hardware, goldsmiths, utensils, cements, mechanical shops, pump set shops, electronic etc are completely closed. We have demanded that such shops should be given permission to open. It has dented badly to the business community as well as people in general have been suffering,” said Manjit Singh quoting memorandum, he along with others, submitted to the LG.
He appealed that rest of the districts have selected alternative days the opening of non-essential shops in Jammu division. Similar policy should be adopted to resume economic activities in Samba district which has facing lockdown without permission to shops other than essentials, he said.
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