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Last Updated:April 29, 2025, 10:49 IST
The other tourist spots that remain open have been placed under heightened security, according to an official familiar with the development.
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The Jammu and Kashmir Government has temporarily closed 48 out of 87 tourist destinations across Kashmir as security forces intensify anti-terror operations in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 people.
Officials said that among the 87 sites open to tourists, those now closed are either directly involved in ongoing anti-terror operations or situated in areas considered vulnerable.
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Some of the destinations which have been closed are: Yousmarg, Tousimaidan, Doodpathri, Aharbal, Kousarnag, Bangus, Kariwan Diver Chandigam, Bangus Valley, Wular/Watlab, Rampora and Rajpora and Chearhar, among others.
The other tourist spots that remain open have been placed under heightened security, according to an official familiar with the development.
Meanwhile, the passenger traffic at Srinagar Airport began to decline noticeably from April 23, a day after the terror attack, with 17,653 passengers travelling through 112 flights, including 6,561 arrivals and 11,092 departures.
On the next day, April 24, the airport witnessed traffic of 15,836 passengers on 118 flights, including 4,456 arrivals and 11,380 departures.
Terrorists sprayed bullets on dozens of people in Pahalgam on April 22, killing at least 26, mostly tourists, in the deadliest attack in the Valley since the 2019 Pulwama attack.
In response to the attack, J&K Police and other security agencies carried out raids at dozens of places in Srinagar, Doda and Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir as part of the clampdown on the terror ecosystem. Several houses linked to suspected terrorists were demolished.
“The searches were conducted in accordance with proper legal procedures in the presence of executive magistrates and independent witnesses under the supervision of the officers of J&K Police,” a spokesman said.
As part of the stepped-up anti-terror operations, security forces have raided more than 600 locations in the Valley in just six days and grilled hundreds of suspects.
Authorities have also demolished nine houses of suspected terrorists and overground workers of terror outfits since the April 22 attack in the lush meadows of Baisaran.
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Jammu and Kashmir, India, India
