SRINAGAR – India will lift a travel advisory on the disputed region of Kashmir, authorities said, two months after the government launched a security crackdown before removing the state’s special status.
Thousands of Indian tourists, pilgrims and workers fled the Muslim-majority state in early August after authorities issued a security alert over possible militant attacks by Pakistan-backed groups, assertions rejected by Islamabad.
The travel advisory issued on Aug. 2 will be lifted from Thursday, the government of Jammu and Kashmir said on Monday.
Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, and both claim the territory in full. Over 40,000 people have been killed in an insurgency in the Indian part of Kashmir since 1989.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said scrapping the state’s special status was necessary to integrate it fully into the rest of India and spur development.(Reuters)
