Srinagar, July 24 :
Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF) Kashmir Ashok Yadav on Wednesday reviewed the operational preparedness of the units near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
IG Yadav applauded the troops for their dedication to seamless domination of LoC, BSF Kashmir posted on X.
Yadav interacted with the deployed troops and praised them for their high vigil amid attempts of infiltration are being made across the border.
“IPS, IG @BSF_Kashmir visited the forward areas of Badipora & assessed the present security situation. The IG interacted with deployed troops,reviewed the operational preparedness of the unit & applauded the troops for their dedication to seamless domination of #LoC”, BSF posted on X.
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The Government on Wednesday said that over 1 crore tourists have visited Jammu and Kashmir till June this year while several measures have been taken
IG BSF visits LoC, reviews
that led to significant improvement in the tourism sector.
Replying to a question of MP Dinesh Sharma, Minister of state for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, said that the tourism sector in J&K has witnessed unprecedented growth post abrogation of Article 370
He said that 34,70,834 tourists visited J&K in 2020, 1,13,14,884 in 2021 followed by 1,88,64,332 in 2022, 2,11,24,874 in 2023 and 1,08,41,009 till June this year so far.
“The government of Jammu and Kashmir has reported that several measures have been taken that led to significant improvement in the tourism including Tourism Policy 2020 and status of industry to the tourism sector for availing incentives under the Jammu and Kashmir Industrial Policy 2021,” he said.
