Rajouri, April 21: Spreading a message of humanity and hospitality, people from the border district Rajouri have opened the doors of temples, masjids and other religious places for the tourists who were stuck in the area while travelling towards Kashmir valley via the Mughal Road.
A large volume of Kashmir-bound vehicles reached Rajouri from Jammu for further journey towards Mughal Road, despite the fact that only a single-lane traffic from Srinagar to Poonch was allowed on Monday.
With a large number of vehicles arriving in Rajouri resulted in a heavy rush on the roads, officials said that the authorities were left with no other option than to allow the movement of these vehicles towards Srinagar.
However, a large number of vehicles arrived in Rajouri in late evening hours and authorities disallowed their movement towards Mughal Road in night hours. Most of these vehicles carrying tourists got stuck in Rajouri with no arrangement of accommodation.
In this tight situation, people from Rajouri, and the religious organisations came forward to extend hospitality.
In Rajouri, these organisations opened the doors of religious places like temples and masjids accommodating a large number of stuck tourists.
In Rajouri town, central office (Karyalye) of Vishav Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, Old Shiv Mandir Rajouri, Ashram of Swami Ji Maharaj, Akhada Mandir Jawahar Nagar, Shiv Mandir Jawahar Nagar have been opened for accommodating stuck tourists.
Gourav Mahajan, a senior representative of Vishav Hindu Parishad (VHP) said that more than 80 tourists from Odisha have been accomodated in VHP, Bajrang Dal Karyalye in Rajouri and their bedding as well as food arrangements are being taken care of.
He said that many other religious places have also been prepared to accommodate such tourists.
In a similar move, more than fifty tourists from Kerala have been accommodated in Old Jamia Masjid, Rajouri city.
“We came to know that a number of tourists including women and children got stuck in Rajouri and there is a troublesome situation after which different Muslim organisations including Islamic Welfare Organisation decided to accommodate as much tourists as they can after which necessary arrangements have been made in Old Jamia Masjid, Rajouri city,” said Shafqat Mir, President Islamic Welfare Organisation Rajouri.
