Srinagar, Dec 09: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has formally written to the Punjab Chief Minister, seeking immediate intervention over the alleged \u201cextortion and harassment\u201d faced by livestock and mutton dealers at Punjab\u2019s Shambhu and Madhopur checkpoints.<\/p>\n
According to the details available with the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO)\u00a0 the letter, dated December 4, was sent by Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Kashmir, to the Punjab Chief Minister, requesting action to \u201censure hassle-free movement\u201d of livestock consignments bound for Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
\u201cSenior officials and National Conference leaders, including Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani, Minister, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Satish Sharma and representatives from the Mutton Dealers Association have sought time to meet the Punjab Chief Minister,\u201d sources said, adding that the CM, who was abroad is likely to return tonight, after which the meeting is expected to be scheduled.<\/p>\n
The move follows the recent warning by the Kashmir Wholesale Mutton Dealers Association of a \u201cpossible price hike\u201d in the Valley, citing heavy \u201cunofficial payments\u201d allegedly extracted from transporters at multiple Punjab checkpoints.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were informed that a formal communication has already gone from the Consumer Affairs Ministry Kashmir to Punjab. A delegation will visit once the Chief Minister returns and we are hopeful that the matter will be resolved at the top level,\u201d said a senior member of the the Mutton Dealers Association.<\/p>\n
He added that the delegation comprising NC leaders, government officials and dealer representatives, was ready to proceed to Punjab for talks once the meeting is fixed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe delegation has \u201csought appointment from the Punjab CM\u2019s office\u201d and expects a \u201cpositive outcome\u201d once the meeting is held. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar, Dec 09: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has formally written to the Punjab Chief Minister, seeking immediate intervention over the alleged \u201cextortion and harassment\u201d faced by livestock and mutton dealers at Punjab\u2019s Shambhu and Madhopur checkpoints. According to the details available with the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO)\u00a0 the letter, dated December 4, was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6444,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442\/revisions\/6444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}