COVID19 | Greater Kashmir, Srinagar Times and Daily Aftab may stop distribution of Newspapers

Srinagar, Mar 31: Amid Covid-19 scare, majority of the Newspaper distributors may stop to distribute Newspapers from tomorrow.

Already, 52 patients have been tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir. There is a surge in the confirmed cases across Valley that has panicked the people.

Main distributors including Fayaz Trali, Mudasir Ahmed and Irshand Ahmed with whom over 200 hawkers are associated may not distribute the newspapers from tomorrow.

Irhad Ahmed, one among the three distributors told Kashmir News Trust that “Except Greater Kashmir, Srinagar Times and Daily Aftab, distribution of all other newspapers already hit the stands.”

“We are not willing to distribute the newspapers from tomorrow as our hawkers are scared of touching the newspapers and roaming place to place,” he added.