In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Kashmir Economic Forum (KEF) has said that the fresh 64-hour lockdown has affected the eco-nomic activity badly and urged the authorities to reconsider the decision and help revive Valley’s fledgling economy.
The KEF President Showkat M Chowdhary in a statement in Srinagar said the valley’s business units have been badly suffering from the previous lock-downs and had hardly started to recover the losses.
“It is not advisable to enforce a lockdown in the Valley. The lockdown decision has also sent alarm to the travellers as a result of which around 50 per-cent of the tourist influx has come down since the weekend lockdown was announced.—KMS
