Jammu, July 8 -- Share Tweet Share Srinagar, July 8 (KNS): JK People's Party chief Sheeban Ashai on Wednesday threw his weight behind the striking hot mix plant owners in Srinagar, terming their demands "genuine" and warning that bureaucratic apathy was derailing road infrastructure across the Valley. Extending support to the Joint Hot Mix Plant Owners Association's sit-in at the Chief Office Rajbagh, Ashai flagged three core issues-pending payments stuck for months, curbs on sand and gravel extraction, and lack of transparency in government tendering processes. "The concerns are not just legitimate but urgent. These delays have pushed plant owners to the brink and left thousands of workers in the lurch. More critically, road-laying work ...