Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu on Tuesday interacted with traders and representatives of various associations here at Raj Bhavan.
Farooq Khan, Advisor to the LG; Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to LG and heads of various associations and organizations including CCI, J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu; All J&K Transport Welfare Association, J&K; Chamber of Traders Federation; Kanak Mandi Traders Association; Ware House Traders Association; Private Schools Association (J&K BOSE); Sabzi Mandi Narwal; Pharmaceuticals Wholesalers Association and Brick Kiln Owners Association were present during the meeting.
The representatives lauded the efforts of the administration under the LG for containing spread of COVID19 in J&K.
They put forth several demands pertaining to treatment of non-COVID patients, hiring of SRTC Trucks for transportation of essentials from outside the UT, supply of ration to daily earners, entry of heavy vehicles during day time, installation of sanitization tunnels in high footfall areas like sabzi mandis and warehouses.
They also demanded allowing operations of the industrial units and assured that the industrialists would own the responsibility of ensuring the sanitization, social distancing and hygiene as per the guidelines.
Opening of stationery shops and preparing a mechanism to provide school books and study materials to facilitate the students and preponement of summer vacations and allowing over draft facility to private schools were also demanded.
The LG was informed that due to the lockdown around 50,000 labourers working in brick kilns across Jammu were left stranded. Request was made to allow the operations of the kilns as the stocks of bricks have also reportedly exhausted.
The LG assured the representatives that all genuine demands and issues projected by them would be looked into on priority.
He observed that a committee has already been constituted for resumption of commercial and industrial activity in a controlled manner. The Centre is also issuing guidelines and steps would be taken to facilitate trade and industry accordingly, he said.
