This year’s Amarnath Yatra is nearing end but the story remains. Come monsoon rains , the up and down traffic movement woes on NH 44, connecting Kashmir with the mainland, haunt us . This has become n yearly feature. Traffic issues surface despite remarkable improvements having been made to the road connectivity. As things stand today, we may have to bear with the ordeal for some time more. What compounds the situation is that the problem crops up at the time when there is a heavy up and down traffic movement on the NH 44, on account of the inward flow of Shri Amarnath Yatris and outward flow of the fruit. 

Horticulture is, undoubtedly, the mainstay of J K’s economy. It provides livelihood to the thousands, is a source for entrepreneurship, a big job provider in the private sector and a facilitator of the region’s prosperity. Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah is largely right when he, in his key address delivered recently, at the inaugural session of the IIM Bangalore Alumni Association, said that no society had ever become prosperous solely through government employment or public expenditure, stressing that enterprise is what converts opportunity into prosperity. So, attention has to paid to the........

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