Poor mobile internet service leaves IIOK traders in the lurch
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Shopkeepers, Traders in Srinagar Allege Police Forced Them to Stay Open on August 5
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Srinagar, July 8
A 35-year-old taxi owner was forced to sell two of his three vehicles to feed his family of seven members because the last two years have brought practically no business to him.
For want of tourists, many taxi drivers are forced to work as labourers or sell vegetables, fruit or trinkets to make ends meet. A shikara owner switched over to selling vegetables because nobody was visiting Kashmir and an IT specialist lost his job because Internet connections stood snapped after the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, came into force. These aren’t stray stories but are reflective of the crumbling economy of Kashmir over the last two years. After repeated lockdowns, no home has remained untouched be it over the distress sale of apples, failure to deliver export orders, closure of markets, lack of tourist footfall, pack up by the IT industry or the suspension of movement hitting the transport sector.