Jammu and Kashmir.
To boost tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, the CM Omar Abdullah government is working towards providing better facilities to tourists and in areas with poor mobile network, the government’s strategy is to provide such facilities to interested tourists Satellite Services. Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Director said that talks between the central tourism department and the home ministry on the matter are at an advanced stage. According to sources, something special is being considered in the matter. This is creating obstacles.
According to sources, it has recently been discovered by security agencies that terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir no longer use ordinary telecommunications but are using advanced telecommunications means such as YSMS and satellite phones, which are difficult to trace and remain worrisome and worrisome. Challenges faced by security agencies working in Jammu and Kashmir.
IG Ashok Yadav of BSF, the first line of defense working in the Kashmir division, also termed the use of new telecom tools as a challenge by terrorists, especially infiltrators.
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Tourist centers targeted by terrorists
According to sources, two terror attacks took place in Kashmir in October this year near two tourist destinations, including an attack on Z-mode tunnel workers near Sonalmarg, Ganderbal, and an attack on workers in the upper Gulmarg district. An attack on a military vehicle with a tourist included the attack point in Baramulla. Thereafter, security agencies in the forest and hilly areas of Kashmir were also alerted after the partition of Jammu.
In areas of Jammu and Kashmir where there are no telecom facilities, the use of satellite phones by tourists, especially foreign tourists, is a challenge for security agencies, the home ministry is raising the argument.
Consider providing satellite phones to visitors
Notably, Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department Director Raja Yakub on Wednesday said discussions between the Union Home Ministry and Tourism Ministry to allow trekkers to use satellite phones in unconnected areas of the Kashmir Valley are in the final stages.
The director of tourism said Kashmir is the country that has received the highest number of foreign tourists so far this year. He said, “A large number of foreign tourists come here every day, and despite the rain and snow or our borders are less, there are still more than 200-300 foreign tourists coming here every day, sometimes even reaching 500 people.
