Fashion Shows” Not Part of Kashmir’s Social Fabric : JKCSF
Srinagar : Despite a Surge in Cases of deadly virus and amidst a second wave the JK, Govt is in a mood, neither to close tourist gardens nor to impose a ban on the events proving vulnerable for enthusiastic gatherings, Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum said in a statement here today, Chairman Abdul Qayoom Wani expressed anguish over the strange attitude of Govt for not having taken precautionary measures in accordance to the ever increasing flow of tourists in the gardens especially the Tulip Garden where, he said, scores of people from diverse habitats visit daily posing a threat to the safety of health amid an epidemic at a time when doctors have raised alarm over non availability of beds in hospitals and the contagion that has killed millions worldwide and where Jammu and Kashmir is no exception.
Wani cautioned the authorities of the consequences if preventive measures, like closing the tourist gardens particularly the Tulip Garden and banning th events that invite gatherings, were not taken at right time. He said experience of infrastructure and the hardships in the times of first wave of corona should serve as an eye opener where patients were lying in hospitals without the ventilators and the other necessary equipment.
Taking a dig on the organizers of Fashion Show at Tagore Hall Srinagar, Wani said JKCSF strongly opposes such moves as ours is a society of modesty living under the parameters of Islam. Wani said that they (JKCSF) were not against talent, skills earning a livelihood but in Kashmiri society there is no place for immodesty and waywardness in the name of culture and fashion.