{"id":2527,"date":"2026-02-16T19:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:25:28","slug":"128434563-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2527","title":{"rendered":"LG Manoj Sinha orders reopening of 14 more tourist spots across J&#038;K restricted after April 2025 Pahalgam attack | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128434526,imgsize-66880,width-400,resizemode-4\/j-k-lieutenant-governor-manoj-sinha-expresses-grief-over-tragic-road-accident-in-udhampur.jpg\" alt=\"LG Manoj Sinha orders reopening of 14 more tourist spots across J&amp;K restricted after April 2025 Pahalgam attack\" title=\"J&amp;K LG Manoj Sinha (File photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"J&amp;K LG Manoj Sinha (File photo)\">J&amp;K LG Manoj Sinha (File photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After a thorough security review and discussion, Jammu and Kashmir LG <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manoj-sinha\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Manoj Sinha<\/a> on Monday ordered the reopening of 14 tourist spots that were closed in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack 10 months ago.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Eleven of the 14 tourists to be opened immediately are in Kashmir Valley \u2014 Yousmarg, Doodhpathri and Dandipora Park in Anantnag; Peer Ki Gali, Dubjan and Padpawan in Shopian; Astanpora and Tulip Garden in Srinagar; Thajwas Glacier and Hung Park in Ganderbal; and Wullar\/Watlab in Baramulla. The remaining three are in Jammu division \u2014 Devi Pindi in Reasi, Mahu Mangat in Ramban and Mughal Maidan in Kishtwar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The LG\u2019s office further said that three sites in Kashmir division \u2014 Gurez, Athwatoo and Bangus \u2014 and one site in Jammu \u2014 Ramkund in Ramban \u2014 would be reopened once the snow is cleared.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Following the April 22, 2025 massacre of 25 tourists and a local pony guide by terrorists at the Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam, the authorities had temporarily closed 48 tourist destinations across J&amp;K for a security audit.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>While 12 sites were reopened for the public in Sept last year, chief minister Omar Abdullah told the J&amp;K assembly on Feb 5 that the time had come to reopen all the tourist destinations, and his govt was in touch with the Centre in this regard.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Tourism industry stakeholders in the UT had been demanding the reopening of all destinations, stressing that it was necessary to restore tourist confidence and revive the sector.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/lg-manoj-sinha-orders-reopening-of-14-more-tourist-spots-across-jk-restricted-after-april-2025-pahalgam-attack\/articleshow\/128434563.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J&amp;K LG Manoj Sinha (File photo) After a thorough security review and discussion, Jammu and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,723,719,720,721,7215,7218,7219,7217,7216,722],"class_list":["post-2527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-jammu-and-kashmir-tourism","tag-kashmir-valley-attractions","tag-manoj-sinha","tag-pahalgam-attack","tag-reopening-tourist-spots","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}