Traders dealing with the selling of books and stationery have been claiming that their businesses are on the verge of extinction as “schools have been directly procuring books from publishers and selling them to students.” They said that there were nearly one thousand book shops in Kashmir valley but due to bad sales, several shops have been closed.
Reported by Umer Asif and edited by Tanweer Ahmad.
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