Srinagar: The J&K State Human Rights Commission on Thursday sought a report from Directorate General Civil Aviation New Delhi as well as airline companies operating in Jammu and Kashmir over unilateral hike in airfare, holding it prima-facie case of “discrimination regarding equality and violation of human rights.”
Hearing a complaint filed by an NGO, J&K Peoples Forum, a bench headed by acting chairman of the Commission Rafiq Fida asked the DGCA and the companies including Indigo, Spice-jet, Air India, Go-Air, Jet Airways to submit report by May 15.
In the compliant, General Secretary of the NGO, M M Shuja, has stated that tourism in Kashmir Valley has been adversely affected by the “unbridled hike” in the airfare.
“The middle class and lower class families are the main source of tourism but the sudden hike in airfare has considerably narrowed the flow of tourists to Kashmir valley in the month of March,” the complainant said.
18/04/14 Kashmir Reader
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Hearing a complaint filed by an NGO, J&K Peoples Forum, a bench headed by acting chairman of the Commission Rafiq Fida asked the DGCA and the companies including Indigo, Spice-jet, Air India, Go-Air, Jet Airways to submit report by May 15.
In the compliant, General Secretary of the NGO, M M Shuja, has stated that tourism in Kashmir Valley has been adversely affected by the “unbridled hike” in the airfare.
“The middle class and lower class families are the main source of tourism but the sudden hike in airfare has considerably narrowed the flow of tourists to Kashmir valley in the month of March,” the complainant said.
18/04/14 Kashmir Reader
