Srinagar: Jan 05 : Kashmir Traders And Manufacturers Federation General Secretary Mohammad Altaf Dar expressed deep anguish over the massive fire that broke out in Dar Gali Bus Stand Area in Kupwara area Town.

Sharing in the grief of traders whose shops were engulfed in the raging flames even, Mohammad Altaf Dar, General Secretary KTMF said the Fire and Emergency Services Department alongside locals of the area swung into action to bring the fire under control but the flames reportedly couldn’t be doused resulting in severe damage to the shops and the stockpiled merchandise inside the shops.

Demanding compensation for the fire victims, the K T M F Leader Altaf Dar said, “These fire victims are marginal traders. Most of the shops and valuable merchandise, it is reported, wasn’t insured. Therefore it is imperative for the district and divisional administration to provide succour to them. I hope that the administration will depute revenue teams to the spot to assess the losses at an earliest so that the quantum oft compensation is worked out and distributed without any delay.”
“I impress upon the administration to provide victims all possible monetary support from SDRF and other central sponsored schemes so that they are able to overcome the impact of the losses incurred on them by the ravaging fire. I also pray for speedy revival of all the victim traders,” he said.CNI