Srinagar/Jammu: Unable to ply their trade due to the Kashmir crisis, commercial transporters today staged a protest in the summer capital Srinagar against the separatist-sponsored strike which has crippled life in the Valley.
The transporters alleged that that they were unable to pay back their vehicle loans as their livelihood had been badly affected due to the continuous strikes, a statement said.
More than 4,500 commercial vehicles have been financed by various banks across Kashmir Valley this fiscal. These vehicles couldn’t make any earning in last three months for paying back loans, officials said.
This has become a major reason for protests of commercial vehicle owners and operators.
Raising slogans against the protest calendar issued by separatists, the demonstrators assembled at the Press Colony in Srinagar and appealed for relaxation in the shutdown.
“From past three months we are sitting idle at home. We can’t earn owing to the strike. Our livelihood is getting affected,” said a protester.
