DH NEWS SERVICE
srinagar, Sept 26
After a thorough security review and discussion at the Unified Headquarters (UHQ) Meeting in Srinagar on Friday, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha ordered 12 more tourist spots in the Kashmir and Jammu Divisions which were temporarily closed as precautionary measures after the Pahalgam terror attack on 22 April in which 26 male tourists were killed in front of their families.
The LG said that seven tourist spots in Kashmir Division including Aru Valley, Rafting Point Yanner, Akkad Park, Padshahi Park, Kaman Post and five in the Jammu Division including Dagan Top, Ramban, Dhaggar in Kathua, Shiv Cave in Salal, Reasi will be reopened from Monday, 29 September.
Sinha chaired the UHQ meeting at Raj Bhawan, Srinagar to review the current security scenario in Jammu Kashmir.
The meeting was attended by Northern Army Commander Lt General Pratik Sharma, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, DGP Nalin Prabhat, GoC 15 Corps Lt General Prashant Srivastava, GoC 16 Corps Lt General PK Mishra, GoC 9 Corps Lt General Rajan Sharawat, Air Vice Marshal Vikas Sharma, AOC J&K, S.J.M. Gillani, Special DG Coordination PHQ, Principal Secretary Home Chandraker Bharti, ADGP CID Nitish Kumar, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor Dr Mandeep K. Bhandari, senior officials of Armed Forces, CAPFs, J&K Police, Intelligence Agencies and civil administration.
The Lieutenant Governor congratulated Security Forces, J&K Police and Intelligence agencies for the recent successful anti-terror operations in the Union Territory. “War against terrorism is not over yet. Kinetic and non-Kinetic operations must continue. We must maintain the momentum and take stringent action against terrorism and its entire ecosystem,” he told the officers. He directed the security apparatus for continuous improvement and to proactively adapt to evolving threats. The Lieutenant Governor called for ‘Whole of Government Approach’ for effectively tackling radicalization and drug menace.
