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'Anti-People, Dictatorial': Mirwaiz Umer Farooq On J&K Highway Civilian Traffic Ban

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday said the administration's decision to ban movement of civilian vehicles on Jammu and Kashmir national highway for two days a week was 'anti-people and dictatorial'. 💙

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'Anti-People, Dictatorial': Mirwaiz Umer Farooq On J&K Highway Civilian Traffic Ban
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Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday said the administration'🎃s decision to ban movement of civilian vehicles on Jammu and Kashmir national highway for two days a week was "anti🀅-people and dictatorial".

The national highway from Baramulla to Udhampur has been put out of bounds for the civilian traffics on Sundays 🙈and Wednesdays till May 31, a notification issued by the J&K adminstration said on Wednesday.

"Another anti-people dictatorial move of the government to close the national highway for two days which will cause grea🐠t distress to people.

"The government sh𒅌ould withdraw this diktat and stop punishing people 🌱of Kashmir," the Mirwaiz wrote on Twitter.

The ban on civilian traffic would be effective from Baramulla to Udhampur throug𒆙h Srinagar, Qazigund, Jawahar-Tunnel, Banihal and Ramban, the notification said.

The ban would be in force on the two daꦡys from 4 am to 5 pm, it added.

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