Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 16: The business community of Kashmir today donated one lakh safety masks to divisional administration.
In this regard, a delegation of business leaders led by Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries, President, Sheikh Ashiq called on Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole and handed over the donation from the business community to augment the Government’s ongoing efforts to tackle spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
On the occasion, the Divisional Commissioner hailed the gesture of the business community in fight against the pandemic.
The masks will be distributed among those in need of the safety-gears including frontline warriors against Covid-19, as also among the street vendors in particular as and when their activity resumes.
On the occasion, the business delegation apprised the Divisional Commissioner about various issues including return of stranded people in various parts of the county especially in the national capital.
The business delegation also raised the issue of water shortage in some areas of Srinagar due to breakdown in the Mal Shahi Bagh canal.
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