Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Aug 3: Chamber of LoC Traders J&K today demanded the reconstitution of the 47 member delegation going to PoK.
Addressing a press conference, Pawan Anand, president of the Chamber alleged that the delegation comprising of 47 members to visit Pakistan comprises of influential persons and their kin among just nine traders and demanded its reconstitution with maximum number of traders for redressal of trade related issues.
He added that the Forest Department has illegally seized their vehicle transporting medicinal herbs from Pakistan to India in the lieu of form No 25 while the said form is not applicable to the LoC trade. He appealed to the Union Home Minister to direct the Forest Department for restraining its irrational interference in the trade.
Anand further said that restriction imposed on the movement of more than 25 trucks from Chakkan-Da-Bagh (Poonch) sector should be lifted forthwith as more than 50 trucks are being checked and cleared from the Salamabd (Uri) sector which is discrimination with the Jammu traders.
He added that the unnecessary ban imposed and later lifted by the Custom Department on the tradable items during the Sushil Kumar Shinde’s visit to the Chakkan-Da-Bagh has not been lifted on ground till yet and demanded to lift it immediately.
A full truck scanner for easy scanning of the trucks should be installed as the manual checking of trucks by the agencies spoils goods causing huge loss to the traders, he said, adding that a memorandum of all the demands has been forwarded to the Union Home Minister also.
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