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| Cross-LoC trade resumes | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 19: Following an assurance from the government in enhancing infrastructure facilities and allowing communication, the Kashmir traders today resumed dispatch of consignments to the Pakistan administered Kashmir under the cross-LoC trade pact on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route.
Traders in Srinagar today ended a stalemate over cross-LoC commerce after the state government said it would soon clear a delegation that will travel to that country to chalk out business modalities.
Following the assurance, four lorries carrying goods from the Kashmir Valley travelled to Muzaffarabad across the Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border between India and Pakistan - in north Kashmir Baramulla district.
The government said the delegation will travel to Pakistani Kashmir after a go ahead from the administration there.
"Four lorries carrying apples from the valley went to Muzaffarabad as part of the cross LoC trade," an official said on phone from the Salamabad trade facilitation centre near the Uri border town in Baramulla. The trade across the LoC was started Oct 21.
Six mini trucks carrying goods from Pakistani Kashmir Tuesday crossed the border to reach Baramulla.
But no vehicle from this side travelled to Pakistan-administered Kashmir Tuesday because of the stalemate over traders' demand that they be allowed to travel to sort out communication, banking and other arrangements with their counterparts across the border.
Meanwhile, one hundred thirty eight people on Wednesday crossed the LoC as the Poonch-Rawlakote trans-border bus service resumed after it was put off for a day due to first phase of assembly elections.
The weekly movement of cross-LoC bus service which takes place every Monday was put off for a day due to polling in Poonch district.
While about 91 people crossed Chakan-da-Bagh LoC point from India to Pakistan administered Kashmir , 47 others crossed it from PoK to Jammu and Kashmir to meet their relatives, official sources said.
Among them who crossed from this side to PaK, 42 were freshers from Jammu and Kashmir and 49 others were PaK dwellers, they said.
Of the 47 people who came from PaK to this side included 20 fresh PaK dwellers and 27 Indians, who returned after staying with their relatives across.
Indian officers and Pakistani officers supervised the operation of cross over from 1030 hours to 1700 hours at the border point. |
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