Srinagar: Some traders engaged in LoC trade from different parts of Kashmir has alleged that their trucks are not being allowed to cross the LoC alternately.

They said that the trucks of only those traders are being allowed to cross the border alternately who are the part of Union and influential.

“There is a Union namely ‘Salamabad Cross LoC Traders Union. The members of this Union only give benefits to selected traders and allow them to cross LoC either regularly or alternately, while others are given a single time opportunity in 21 days as a result traders suffer loses. Traders like us who deal in perishable items frequently incur losses as we are not allowed to take our goods to Pakistan administered Kashmir regularly or alternately,” a delegation of traders told local news agency.

They said that over 35 trucks loaded with different items from Salamabad Uri cross the border for Chakoti, but most of those loaded trucks belong to the Union members.

President, Salamabad Cross LoC Traders Union, Hilal Ahmed Turkey said that there is mutual understanding between truckers and trades while the Union has no role in it.

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