Stranded people appeal for transport facility to reach their homes in J-K

Amid the ongoing lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, hundreds of stranded people on Saturday appealed to the Jammu and Kashmir administration to arrange transport facilities, saying they feel more vulnerable in the absence of proper arrangements.

A large number of people, including migrant labourers, from outside are stranded in Jammu after the administration ordered a shutdown of all establishments except those providing essential services and commodities across the Union Territory on March 22.

Hailing from different parts of Jammu and Kashmir, the anxious people said they are shuffling between the bus stand and the deputy commissioner's office here over the past one week with the hope to attract the attention of the authorities towards their plight.

Mohammad Akram Najar, a resident of Kralgund village of north Kashmir's Kupwara district, was among dozens of the stranded passengers waiting for a word from the deputy commissioner's office at Wazarat Road here.

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