Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 27: The State Government today claimed that the shifting of General Bus Stand Batamaloo will not affect economic interests of shopkeepers and vendors.
Replying to a question of MLC Mohammad Khursheed Alam in the Upper House, the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Asiea Naqash said the General Bus Stand Batamaloo will be shifted to Parimpora to minimize traffic congestion in the city. She said the decision was taken in a meeting by the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir on June 30, 2015.
The Minister further said that North bound traffic will be shifted from the General Bus Stand Batamaloo to Truck Terminal Parimpora in order to decongest the area from mass traffic congestion.
She said the interconnectivity transportation of the city will remain functional from the said Bus Stand therefore by shifting of North Bound Traffic to Parimpora will not affect the economic/commercial activities of the area. “Since the central traffic will operate from the Bus Stand the economic interests of the shopkeepers and vendors will not get affected,” the Minister said.
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