Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 5: Demanding a comprehensive financial package for fruit growers, transporters and media fraternity of Jammu and Kashmir, Chairman People’s Democratic Front (PDF) Hakeem Yaseen said that the vital sectors of state’s fragile economy have been hit hard due to worst-ever Coronavirus crisis.
In a statement issued today, Yaseen said that unprecedented crisis in the wake of Covid-19 have put all those people in dock who earn their livelihood in these sectors.
He has urged Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir GC Murmu to immediately announce a suitable financial stimulus to help the fruit growers, transporters and journalists to overcome hardships hovering over them and their families.
He said besides waiving off Kissan credit card loans, the Government should extend marketing facilities to the Cherry and Strawberry growers to save them from bankruptcy, adding that fruit growers of the state have been continuously facing lockdown from August 5 last year till now due to which they could not sell their produce.
Yaseen strongly advocated the demands of media associations regarding a full package for the Coronavirus hit media industry.
“According to media associations, many small and medium Newspapers have already suspended publishing news papers and other newspapers are facing serious challenges and if they collapse, it is bound to affect the journalists too,” Yaseen maintained.
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