J&K Forest Dept to Close All Trekking Routes for Tourists

We have decided to close all our trekking routes after the attack on tourists in J&K A Senior J&K Forest Department Official

- Mir Ehsan

SRINAGAR: In the backdrop of the attack on tourists in Pahalgam, the J&K forests department has decided to close all its trekking destinations for tourists. The trekking season in Kashmir begins in May and lasts till September.

The trekking routes of forests are located in every district of UT and for the past three years locals as well as non-local tourists were trekking on these routes and with every passing year the number of trekkers was going up especially in summers.

Most of these routes are offbeat locations in Jammu and Kashmir and trail deep inside forests providing a thrilling experience to the adventure seekers, trekkers and the tourists who are aficionados of nature's wilderness.

"We have decided to close all our trekking routes after the attack on tourists in J&K," said a senior J&K forest department official on anonymity. "The decision to open treks for trekking will be taken after assessment of the situation," he added.