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| | Mirwaiz opposes converting Amarnath track into permanent road | | | SRINAGAR, Aug 17: Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today opposed converting the track, leading to the holy Amarnath Cave, into a permanent road.
He was addressing a Friday congregation at Jamia Masjid . Mirwaiz stated that
such a step would not only lead to felling of lakhs of lush green forest trees, but could also lead to environmental imbalance in the area.
The supreme court had recently directed the centre and state government to construct a permanent road for Amarnath Yatra.
“It is unfortunate that when the government senses any public resentment on certain issues, they use courts to get them through. I appeal the Supreme Court of India to keep the ecological balance of the area in mind while taking any decision,”Mirwaiz said.
He said Kashmiris were never averse to providing better facilities to the Amarnath Pilgrims. “When people from all over India come here for pilgrimage, Kashmiris not only provide them facilitaties but also display their traditional hospitality which is exemplary. But now some people want the ‘temporary’ track leading to the shrine cave to be developed as a full fledged road and have approached supreme court,” added the Mirwiaz.
He said Hurriyat (M) is not against any religion or belief.
Mirwaiz also lashed out at mainstream politicians and said those people who claim to enjoy public support were basically their (people’s) murderers. “When we talk of revocation of AFSPA and other draconian laws, we are being told that the situation in the state does not favour it”, said the Hurriyat Chairman, adding that the Government of India must keep it in mind that unless ‘suppression’ and ‘oppression’ was stopped, there can not be any improvement in the situation on ground.
Reiterating that the ongoing ‘freedom struggle’ was not against any religion or belief, Mirwaiz said, “ Kashmiris are offering sacrifices for their right to self determination for last 65 years and are busy in peaceful struggle particularly for last 25 years, and we have lost lakhs of people for the just cause”. He, however, alleged that efforts were on to project the movement as a ‘sectarian and ethnic fight’ which according to Mirwaiz was not tolerable.
“We have been time and again making it clear that the current movement in not against any religion, sect or belief, and I appeal people to not fall prey to those elements who want to project it like that at international forums, ” Hurriyat (M) chairman said. |
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