All tourist destinations shut post-Pahalgam terror attack to reopen by May: CM Omar

Jammu, Feb 19: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday announced that all tourist destinations closed in the aftermath of the Baisaran Pahalgam terror incident will be reopened by May this year.

Winding up the discussion on grants for the departments under his charge, CM Omar Abdullah, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that all tourist destinations shut down after the Pahalgam attack will be reopened by May.

“I want to tell you all these destinations will reopen till May,” the CM said, adding that the Jammu & Kashmir Government has discussed the matter with the Union Government.

He said that they have no plan to privatise power distribution companies in Jammu & Kashmir.

The CM said that whenever action is taken against encroachers, they will target the “big fishes” first.