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| Remove LoC travel restrictions: Mufti | | | Early Times Report
Baramulla, May 11- Asserting that Srinagar-Muzafarabad road would have become fully operational by now had the PDP-led Government continued in office beyond 2005. “My Government would have, by now, not only made the Srinagar-Muzafarabad road fully functional, but ensured reopening of all the traditional cross-LoC routes in Jammu and Kashmir,” said Mufti Mohammed Sayed PDP Patron.
Winding up the campaigning for Baramulla parliamentary constituency with a massive show of strength in this historic town, the PDP Patron said, unfortunately, after the change of guard in 2005, the State Government placed the cross-LoC reconciliation process on the back-burner and the present Government also seems to be having little interest in the revival of the historic process initiated by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in April 2005. He said the economic future of Jammu and Kashmir is significantly linked to the liberty of its people to travel freely across the borders. “The removal of restrictions on travel will significantly remove the restrictions on our growth as is happening in other parts of the World,” he said.
“It is heartening to note that despite various procedural hiccups, cross-LoC trade through Srinagar-Muzafarabad and Poonch-Rawalakote roads is growing steadily and building, in the process, new bonds of trust between the people across the divide,” Sayeed said and added that this rejuvenating effort has to be stepped up and consolidated by allowing hassle-free movement of people and goods across the borders in Jammu & Kashmir. “To make this happen the Governments of India and Pakistan must resolve the issues of communication and currency hampering the free cross-LoC trade,” he said.
Reiterating that the intra-state confidence building measures could help create the necessary environment for peace, Sayeed said their impact, however, largely depends on the political will to implement them in spirit and form. He said despite the Prime Minister having convened three roundtable conferences on Kashmir and constituting five Working Groups, nothing seems to be moving towards the implementation of the recommendations of these Groups. “Such a dallying attitude only brews cynicism and alienation among the people here,” he said.
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