Kashmir open to tourists and foreigners |
Tourists can visit the paradise on earth once again as Jammu and Kashmir will open for tourists from Thursday, 2 months after an advisory was issued asking tourists to leave the Valley due to “terror threat”. The decision to lift the curb was announced by the governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday following a “situation-cum-security review” meeting with the advisers and the chief secretary. On August 2, the Centre had cancelled the Amarnath Yatra and advised pilgrims and tourists to cut short their stay in the Valley “immediately” in view of the “intelligence inputs of terror threats,`` days before the revocation of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. In another move, the administration re-opened higher secondary schools, colleges and universities on Wednesday. Restrictions, imposed in the aftermath of Centre`s August 5 move to abrogate Article 370 and bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, have been lifted in phases in the past two months. The administration has also decided to hold Block Development Council elections on October 24, the first electoral process in Jammu and Kashmir since August 5.
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