J&K creates helpline for security, tourists in Kashmir
Jammu Kashmir tourism helpline numbers
After a tourist from Chennai was killed in a stone-pelting incident in the Kashmir Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir government has created a helpline for tourists who are either on visit or intend to visit Kashmir for their safety and free movement in the Valley.
Here are the helpline numbers-
“In view of the unfortunate incident in the Valley on Monday, the Department of Tourism, Kashmir, has started the helpline numbers and activated its officers at prime tourist destinations and tourist police to ensure smooth movement of tourists and their comfortable stay. Tourists have been appealed not to panic,” the department said while releasing the helpline numbers.
Sixteen officers, including director, Kashmir Tourism, have been directed to maintain liaison with the tourists and ensure their comfortable visit to the Kashmir Valley.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had described the killing as “heartbreaking” and a blot on Kashmir’s value system “I have no words strong enough to condemn the tragic incident. The incident is a blot on the cultural value system of Kashmir and an attempt to bulldoze the economy of the place,” she had said in a statement.
Former chief minister Omar Abdullah said, “We’ve killed a tourist by throwing stones at the vehicle he was travelling in. Let’s try and wrap our heads around the fact that we stoned a tourist, a guest, to death while we glorify these stone-pelters & their methods.”
-PTC News
