Will take up issue of Vaishno Devi ropeway project before CM: Gulabgarh MLA

National Conference MLA from Gulabgarh assembly constituency Engineer Khurshied Ahmed on Monday met leaders of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti and assured to raise their demand before the chief minister Omar Abdullah. Hundreds of people on Sunday took out a rally through the main market in Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, chanting slogans against the shrine board for setting up a ropeway along the trek. The ‘samiti’ has been spearheading an agitation against Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board’s proposed ropeway project at Tarakote Marg. “I met leaders of three to four labour unions at Katra today and had threadbare deliberations on proposed ropeway project.I had already raised the issue with Reasi district commissioner,” he told media.