Kashmiri businessmen allege discrimination by Indian Airlines

Srinagar: A large number of businessmen here claim to incur a loss of hundreds and thousands of rupees every month as their goods, meant for the Ladakh region, remain stranded for months together due to non-availability of cargo space in the once-a-week Indian (Airlines) flight to Leh.
Many of them claimed that the cargo space on Delhi-Srinagar-Leh flight was being filled at the starting point only to accommodate businessmen from the national capital.
Shafqat Ahmed, a local businessman, alleged that the Indian (Airlines) was using discriminatory policy against the Kashmiri entrepreneurs and favouring their counterparts from Delhi.
‘‘When we approach the Indian (Airlines) authorities here with cargo, they refuse us saying no space is available. We are told that the cargo had already been booked in Delhi and there is no space available for goods from Kashmir. This is happening for the past several months now,’’ he said.
14/12/06 GreaterKashmir.com (press release)

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