At Srinagar Airport,announcements in Kashmiri

The next time you land in Kashmir,don’t be surprised if you hear flight operators at the Srinagar International Airport making announcements in a language you don’t understand. From Wednesday,announcements are also being made in Kashmiri.

The order to this effect was issued by Srinagar Airport director O S Tyagi on Tuesday. “Besides English and Hindi,operators will make all announcements in Kashmiri also,” he said. “Many passengers were facing difficulties and we felt that there was a need for making announcements in Kashmiri also. We hope this move will help a large number of travelers,” he said. Tyagi said operators too had shown keen interest in making announcements in Kashmiri.

The move comes after one of the state’s leading literary organisations,Adbi Markaz Kamraz,last month requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to introduce announcements in Kashmiri at the airport,Tyagi said.