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Time of India
03-05-2025
- Time of India
Ladakh is safe for travel, says Hill Council following ‘unsafe' rumours
SRINAGAR: Amid concerns among tourists about the security situation in the Union territories of J&K and Ladakh in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror strike last month, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh and the Ladakh UT administration on Saturday said that Ladakh was safe for travel and urged visitors to ignore misinformation circulating in the public domain portraying the region as unsafe. While meeting a delegation of tour and travel operators of Ladakh UT who raised this issue with LAHDC Leh CEC Tashi Gyalson and DC Leh Santosh Sukhadeve, Gyalson said the region was safe for travel and requested tourists to disregard rumours. Gyalson said LAHDC was committed to promoting tourism and would ensure all necessary support for the security and well-being of visitors. Responding to the delegation's request for the early opening of Leh-Manali road, Gyalson said he had informed the Border Roads Organisation to restore the route, and efforts were underway to open it at the earliest.
Time of India
29-04-2025
- Time of India
Zojila Pass connecting Ladakh with the rest of India now open for tourists; no prior authorisation needed for visit
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel With the early opening of the Zojila Pass — the vital link between the Union Territory of Ladakh and the rest of the country — the Siachen base camp is now open to tourists, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh chief executive councillor Tashi Gyalson said on Monday. He added that visitors will no longer need prior authorisation or a no-objection certificate (NOC) to access the base also announced that the Galwan Valley , one of Ladakh's key tourist attractions and currently off-limits, will be opened to visitors from June 15 via Shyok village."This will be the first time Galwan Valley will be open for tourists," the CEC said. The opening will coincide with the fifth anniversary of 2020 Galwan Valley April 1, 2025, Border Roads Organisation reopened Zojila Pass for traffic after a 32-day closure. BRO had described this year's early reopening of the pass as an achievement, given the extreme weather Gyalson said the early opening of Zojila pass offered a window to open places of tourism, including Siachen base camp, after the deadly attack in Pahalgam that left 26 dead, nearly 50 public parks and gardens located in vulnerable areas of Kashmir valley have been shut as a precautionary measure in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, officials said on Tuesday. Gates have been closed at 48 of the 87 public parks and gardens in Kashmir in view of the threat perception to tourists, they said the security review was an ongoing process and more locations may be added to the list in the coming officials said the tourist locations which have been closed are in far-flung areas of Kashmir and include some of the new destinations thrown open over the past 10 spots put off limit for the tourists include Dooshpathri, Kokernag, Duksum, Sinthan Top, Acchabal, Bangus valley, Margan Top and the authorities have not issued a formal order to this effect, the entry to these places has been case of several Mughal Gardens in south Kashmir, the doors to these spots have been decision to shut down the tourist locations comes a week after terrorists shot dead 26 persons -- mostly tourists -- at Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam resort.
