Kashmir Valley wedding dress traders are facing rough weather. Agitations, prolonged curfews over the Amarnath land controversy have dealt a big financial blow to their once booming business.
VALLEY TRADERS dealing in wedding garments are going through a rough season due to the prevailing unrest in the region. The Amarnath land controversy which lead to curfew, strikes and protests has dealt a big blow to the business. The booming wedding season trade has been wreaked.
The political unrest in Jammu and Kashmir forced many marriage ceremonies to be postponed and caused big losses to these traditional wedding dress makers in the Valley. They had many bulk orders both from the Valley and abroad for wedding dresses and were anticipating good profits. But while the Valley weddings were put off so they failed to sell their stock and recover their investments. Many shopkeepers, dealing in the special wedding garments, had to return the advance payments from customers. The orders for abroad could not be met because of the conditions in Kashmir.Continued...
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