Kashmir traders unhappy, go on strike

August 09, 2011 11:37

Normal life in the Kashmir Valley was disrupted today due to a bandh called by Kashmir Economic Alliance, an amalgam of traders' bodies in the region.

Shops and business establishments across the Valley remained closed due to the bandh called by KEA to press for its demands, officials said. Public transport facilities were also severely affected due to the strike. However, school buses and some private vehicles could be seen plying the roads in the city and other parts of the Valley, the officials said.

KEA has been demanding the inclusion of revocation of additional taxes on property, power and water, end to the exploitation of the state's natural resources, revocation of new VAT return forms and immediate ban on movement of tourist buses from outside Jammu and Kashmir.

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