Bhat said the trade delegation from PoK had assured them that a terminal mandi would be created in PoK from where Pakistani traders would be able to buy produce from the Valley.
Basher Beig, president of the fruit mandi at Sopore, Asia’s second largest mandi, said that while the route can become an alternate all-weather road, sending pick-up vans will serve no purpose. “Big trucks should be allowed to ply on this road every week,” he said.