‘Shaikh-ul-Alam name of Airport, Airport road imperative’
Srinagar: while interacting with different sections of society particularly youth and students who are working outside state have again come to know that the pressure on JK sector airlines seems to have diluted and they have again started looting tourists, citizens of JK State by enhancing the ticket rates by ten times. The Airport Authority of India and Civil Aviation Ministry have also delayed reviving the name of Sheikh-ul-Alam Airport which was earlier officially given to the Srinagar Airport. Even road from exhibition to airport was named as Sheikh-ul-Alam road.
According to a statement issued to KNS, the chairman Kashmir Society today interacted with president Hotelier Association Showkat Choudary, President KHARA, President of Chamber of Commerce Ashiq and other renowned and prominent personalities of the state. All of them were unanimous that airline authorities should bring down air tariff from Srinagar to Jammu as 1500 and Srinagar to Delhi and back 2000 which Is normal rate. The exploitation tactics used by all airlines is totally anti-people and against the interests of JK State. It is only discouraging tourists to come Kashmir as one ticket rate is being openly sold at 20000 to 24000 thousand rupees, which is more costly then air tariff to the western countries.
The students who are studying outside the state on scholarships and businessman who have to frequently go from one place to another have been made scapegoats by all airlines. Kashmir Society had earlier interacted with prominent personalities including Moulana Amir-u-Din, Moulana Latief Ahmad Bukhari, Moulvi Mohamad Altaf, Moulvi Mufti Mudasir Ahmad Qadri, Moulvi Bashir-u-Din Khuspuri, Syed Mazhar-ul-Shah Chesti, Syed Sharief-ul-Haq, Bulbul Shah Institute Arizal and Moulana Mohamad Ramzan Nishat. They have also supported the revival of name of Sheikh-ul-Alam airport.(KNS)