Monday, January 22, 2018

Local shopkeepers at Srinagar airport shown the door

Srinagar: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has asked all the local shopkeepers at the Srinagar airport to vacate the shops within three to six months, including those whose contract is still valid for next two years.
The move comes, as AAI plans to handover all the shopping spots in the airport to a master franchisee – a non-state subject.
The enraged shopkeepers, who received the eviction notices, say the move hits the livelihood of at least 100 people.
“The livelihood of around 100 people is dependent on the shops housed at Srinagar airport,” Adil Hussain Khan, who owns handicrafts shop at the airport told Kashmir Reader.
“Now the airport authority has told us to evict the shops and served us notices. It will render persons working there jobless”.
Khan, who is also the vice president of Kashmir Hotel and Restaurants Association (KHARA), said the airport authority at Srinagar served eviction notices even to those shop owners whose contracts were valid for the next two years.
The airport houses food joints, handicrafts and flower shops which were so far owned by Kashmiris, he said.
22/01/18 Reuters/Kashmir Reader
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