Otherwise showing indifference towards the state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir, the Hurriyat Conference led by chronic hawk Syed Ali Geelani has joined the cozy club of activists in opposing the suggestion or demand for railway tracks up to Pahalgam and Sonamarg. They give a bizarre explanation that extension of railway will result in ecological imbalance of these two tourist spots. By opposing the move, they have demonstrated their ignorance that tourism activity have got a big boost in most famous tourist stations like Shimla, Darjeeling or Dalhousie because of rail connectivity.
It is a matter of pride or shame for the separatist amalgam to take recourse to ecological aspect though the motivation for opposing railways to Pahalgam and Sonamarg, base camps of Amarnath Yatra, seems to be different?