As the revocation of the special constitutional position of Jammu and Kashmir completed three years on Friday, the Centre continues to adopt a tough stance towards containing separatist sentiment in the Valley and is far from lowering the guard. With gains made on many counts, the real test lies in restoring political as well as electoral processes in Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s administration revels in the success achieved on the tourism front. With tourist footfall in Kashmir crossing 10 lakhs, highest in the past one decade, the fast-expanding tourist infrastructure has seen many takers locally as well as outside the Union Territory, with the mood on the streets reflecting a pre-1990 militancy era.
An official said the growing footfall saw Chief Executive Officer, OYO India, Ankit Gupta In July offering to work on an ambitious project of setting up 200 homestays “to create rural livelihoods in J&K under project ‘Crown of Incredible India’, in a bid to open off-beat tourist destinations to travellers first time in the past three decades”.
