Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 24: All Jammu & Kashmir Transport Welfare Association (AJKTWA) has demanded action by the Government on the crisis being faced by the transport sector in JKUT.
Talking to media-persons after holding a meeting of the Association here today, its Chairman, Karan Singh Wazir criticised the UT administration for its continued negligence toward the crisis gripping the transport sector. Accompanied by the Vijay Singh Chib, president of the Association, he acknowledged the delayed yet a little progress on the long-pending e-rickshaw and e-bus matter.
Wazir confirmed that the documentation has finally been completed, but warned that further delays in implementation would reflect nothing short of administrative apathy.
Chib criticised the Government over the indiscriminate blacklisting of vehicles and unjustified e-challans, which have become a systemic harassment of law-abiding transporters. He described the situation as “chaotic and unsustainable,” accusing authorities of pushing the transport community to the brink of collapse through arbitrary and punitive actions.
He demanded an urgent and time-bound review of these practices, warning that continued silence from the administration would only provoke intensified agitation from transporters across the Union Territory.
Parvinder Singh, chief patron of the Association, launched a scathing attack on the Government for its inaction in formulating a comprehensive transport policy and non-issuance of relief package, despite the sector being the backbone of the region’s economy. He underscored the fact that Jammu & Kashmir’s economy is intricately tied to tourism, and when tourism suffers—as it currently does— transporters bear the brunt of the fallout.
Singh warned that the absence of concrete Government intervention could soon lead to an irreversible collapse of the transport ecosystem in the UT.
The Association has made it clear that token gestures and delayed responses are no longer acceptable. The transport sector demands immediate relief, policy clarity, and a halt to bureaucratic overreach. If the Government continues to ignore these urgent demands, the All J&K Transport Welfare Association will have no choice but to intensify its protest and mobilize transporters across the region for a large-scale agitation. Later, Association paid tribute to the victims of cloudbursts in Paddar and Kathua.
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