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91 per cent of Kashmir open for traffic: Indian envoy tells United States

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Sep. 04, 2019 Updated 11:08 am. IST
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New Delhi, September 4: India’s Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said that,” 91 per cent of the Valley has been opened to normal traffic and people are freely talking to their relatives”.

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“It is only 9 per cent of the Kashmir Valley that has certain (traffic) restrictions. At the same time, 26,000 landlines have been opened up in the Kashmir Valley. People can talk to their relatives, people have communication. There is no communication gap whatsoever between people in the Valley and their relatives in other parts of India and the world,” Shringla said.

In a conversation aimed at putting the facts straight about abrogation of Article 370 that ended the hilly state’s political autonomy, the Ambassador said the move was aimed at re-organising the state administratively. He noted that this was the 12th time that the Indian government had gone for an administrative reorganisation.

Shringla said the administrative reorganisation of the state had in no way impinged on the boundaries of the state of Jammu and Kashmir or the Line of Control and, therefore, is an internal matter of India.

“It was necessary given the circumstances,” he said.

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With Article 370 going, Shringla said the people of J&K would now have the opportunity to get good governance, social justice and economic development. Women who were earlier discriminated against would get their due role in society through participation in grassroots-level elections, he added.

“Women were particularly discriminated against as they could not participate in grassroots-level panchayat elections. Women could not inherit property if they married a non-resident of the state while if a resident of J&K who was a man married a non-resident he could inherit property,” he said.

Shringla said a lot of funds did not percolate down to the grassroots even as the Centre transferred money to the states.

“In the last 15 years alone, the centre allocated $ 42 billion for the development of J&K but very little of this reached the grassroots level,” he stated.

“As a result, it created a moribund economy and lack of development. This discouraged investment and entrepreneurship in the state. It led to a feeling of despondency among the youth and Pakistan took advantage of this through cross-border terrorism and incitement of violence,” he said. IANS

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