Airport closure will hit emergency services: Hoteliers

Srinagar: The impending closure of Srinagar ‘International’ Airport has raised heckles among the hoteliers’ community here who termed the decision as “a severe blow to the already suffering masses in the Valley.”
“Though there is no trade and tourism right now in the Valley, but the suspension of air traffic would severely affect the emergency services to the Valley,” the hoteliers said.
“In the present circumstances the air service could doubly be needed. Suspending the air service for 12 days would leave the Valley cut from rest of the world,” said Siraj Ahmad president, Kashmir Hotel and Restaurant Association.
“We have hundreds of critically injured persons and other patients in different hospitals in the Valley. Anytime a situation could arise where we need to shift a patient outside to save his/her life. Therefore closure of air traffic can lead to their death,” he added.
29/08/10 Nazia Akhtar/Greater Kashmir

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