India suspends trade across LoC |
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) last week issued a statement regarding suspension of cross LoC trade from Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonch and Salamabad in Uri. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a statement said, “Third parties manipulated the trade and misused it for trading goods being produced from outside the State of Jammu and Kashmir.” Cross LoC trade is also being used as a regular channel of funneling of drugs, smuggling arms & ammunition and fake currency notes worth of thousands of dollars, have also been seized and over a dozen of people have been arrested. The ban has put at risk countless lives on both sides of the LoC as many depend on this trade for their livelihood. The traders also held a protest in Srinagar against the trade suspension and argued that they themselves have been seeking a “fool proof mechanism” to enforce the terms of the agreement. The Government will revisit the issue of resuming the LoC trade after stricter measures and systems are put in place to address these issues.
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