Srinagar, May 28
After chairing a symbolic cabinet meeting in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired an administrative meeting in Gulmarg on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister, his cabinet colleagues and top officials of the J&K government attended the meeting in the ski resort.
Officials said the meeting is part of his government's efforts to bring back tourists to the union territory after the deadly April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
Earlier, a notice was issued by the General Administration Department about the meeting being held in Gulmarg.
Besides top civil administration officials, the Inspector General of Police, Kashmir range; the Deputy Inspector General, North Kashmir; and the Senior Superintendent of Police, Baramulla, also attended the meeting.
On Tuesday, Abdullah chaired a meeting of his council of ministers in south Kashmir's Pahalgam. The aim behind holding meetings outside the fortified Civil Secretariat in Srinagar is to alleviate fear and reinforce a sense of security and trust, the officials said.
This would lead to a revival of tourism in Kashmir following the massive setback after the April 22 terror attack, in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed, they said.