The police and the agitators on Thursday clashed in Katra in Reasi district K during a protest as demands to shelve the proposed ropeway project intensified with the town observing a 72-hour shutdown called by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangarsh Samiti,

The Katra region is witnessing a 72-hour shutdown against a proposed ropeway project for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage. Led by the Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti, the protest claims the project threatens local livelihoods.

Tensions flared in Katra as police used lathi-charge to disperse protestors opposing the ropeway project. Police also detained some of the protestors. The security forces conducted flag march to maintain law and order in Katra following protests against the proposed Ropeway Project to the Vaishno Devi shrine.

The Mata Vaishno Devi ropeway project in Jammu region faced a 72-hour blockade starting December 25 in Katra, as local business owners, including shopkeepers and pony wallas, joined a bandh organised by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangarsh Samiti,

The 72-hour-long shutdown against the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine ropeway project entered the second day in Katra town of Jammu and

Protest in Katra against ropeway project enters second day, impacting Vaishno Devi pilgrimage; hunger strike continues.