The frequent shutdown of the 300-km Srinagar-Jammu highway — a crucial and the only route for the supply of essential commodities into the Kashmir valley — has led to a fresh shortage of goods in the region.
Residents said the closure of the mountainous highway had led to a shortage of livestock and vegetables. It has even led to cancellation of weddings as the marriage season begins in the region after the winter.
A leading business body in the region, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, had said on Thursday that the mismanagement of the traffic and frequent closure of the highway was causing “crippling losses to the economy” and warned of an “economic collapse” if immediate corrective measures were not initiated.
