Cut yatra duration: Mehbooba

Dear friends,

Can anyone tell me who is Mehbooba Mufti to tell us to cut Amarnath yatra duration? Will they allow other people to decide the duration of Haj yatra? And here she is talking of cutting yatra duration. Thu thu Mehbooba on u.



Opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which brought down the Ghulam Nabi Azad led Government last year over the issue of Amarnath land transfer, has again called for reviewing the duration of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage to protect the fragile ecology of area around the holy cave in South Kashmir Himalayas. "We must strategise our environmental concerns and put in place a plan for the purpose. Most important element of that plan will have to be strict regulation of the number of yatris and the duration," PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said in a letter to Governor N N Vohra, who is also chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). Mehbooba's letter to Vohra, which was sent to the Governor yesterday and released to media today, has expressed concern over the likely impact of the large number of yatris on environment and safety of the pilgrims themselves....more

http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/09june18/news2.htm#1

PDP to launch campaign for its revocation

This PDP wants to launch capaign for its revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act in the valley, this bullshit party people have much faith in Pakistan. Can Indian government send them back to Pakistan. PDP party leader ealier kidnapped his daughter with the support of separatists for the releasing of some militants from jails. How these people can run a nations who himself worse than militants.

Protest over shifting of Central university

Jammu, June 15
The Jammu Joint Students Federation (JJSF) held a protest demonstration against the shifting of Central University from Jammu to Kashmir. The protest was held today in front of GGM Science College gate.

Students from various colleges joined the protest and raised slogans against the state government. They also burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Omar Abdhullah.

Speaking on the occasion, Partap Singh Jamwal, state vice-president, JJSF, warned the government to stop discrimination with the Jammu province.

Jamwal said: “The government has already allotted International Airport and IIMS to Srinagar. Now, the government wanted to shift the Central University to Kashmir, which was allotted to Jammu.”

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090616/j&k.htm#9