J&K Forest Dept. to Close All Its Trekking Destinations for Tourists

Police Have Been Asked to Compile a List of Trekking Routes, Both Long and Short, Which Leads Deep Into Forests, Say Officials

- 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 off-beat 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.