Apple Traders Moved To Jammu & Kashmir 'Safe Houses'

Concerned at the killing of three non-Kashmiris by terrorists since Monday, the J&K administration on Thursday started herding the floating population of migrant laborers, truckers and fruit traders visiting south Kashmir into “safe houses” in Shopian and Pulwama. Also taking measures to enhance the security of ‘outsiders’ linked to apple trade, the district administration in Shopian has decided that the big trucks will ply only on the main roads and not venture into the interior areas. “The fruit growers have agreed to have the apples transported in smaller vehicles from the orchards to identified pick up points on the main road, where they will be loaded on the trucks. The J&K police have put in additional security measures at the pickup points,” J&K DGP Dilbag Singh.