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Demanding financial package and loan waiver for businessmen of Jammu, particularly of the old City areas, Jammu Muslim Front chairman Shuja Zaffar today said that local business has not only suffered because of the lockdown followed by the pandemic but has been suffering since August 5 when all of the sudden Amarnath yatra was called off. It was the time when business was at its bloom.
Zaffar was addressing media persons here on Saturday. He was accompanied by Imran Salaria, head of an association of hoteliers of Talab Kahtika, JMF president Qazi Imran. Prominent businessmen of the area Khurshid Beg, Bilal Khanmand Latif Sofi were also present.
He added that present all of the sudden lockdown put trader community under shock but still the business community honoured the govt orders. This sudden govt order on bussiness community yielded tremendous pressure while govt ordered all tourists to vacate resulted in loss from petty trade to industrial units even horticulture agriculture borne the burnt of this sudden order. Even the paying of school fee of children became difficult .
“As a result, other allied activity allied to hotel industry such as small transporter taxi operator, travelling agents. Potters bakers, tailors ,grocery stores vegetable vendors, dhabas restaurant meat sellers, fruit vendors, dry cleaners .pony walas and other allied activities were shut down to honour the decision of the Government for revocation of Art 370 and Art 35-A. The hotels, lodges, and restaurant owners across Jammu suffered badly with the abrupt closing down of their establishments.
Meanwhile, it was also demanded on the occasion that since Jammu is purely dependent on religious pilgrim which should be started as early as possible for the sustainability of the Jammu business . The air train bus services be allowed regularly to operate.
While presenting the demand Shuja zaffar appealed to the government to rescue the Jammu business houses and announce a relief package waiver of bank loans and also order all the banks to sanction loans at differential rate of interest so as to revive the business.