Traders for screening of non-local workforce

Srinagar, March 20

As the non-local workforce has started returning to the Valley with the onset of spring, the Kashmir Trade Alliance (KTA) urged the government to ensure their proper screening amid Covid threat.

Aijaz Shahdhar, KTA president, said workers, including labourers, masons and carpenters, must be screened. They usually live in crowded rented accommodations which could lead to more problems, he added. — TNS

Apni Party suspends work

JAMMU: Newly formed political outfit, Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP), on Friday suspended all its political activities in wake of the guidelines issued by health authorities to fight Coronavirus outbreak in Jammu and Kashmir. — TNS