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Parliament panel seeks security overhaul at J&K tourist sites
A parliamentary standing committee on home affairs has recommended an integrated security framework for all major tourist destinations in Jammu and Kashmir, including comprehensive CCTV coverage, centralised monitoring, and regular vulnerability assessments.…
The Story in Brief
A parliamentary standing committee on home affairs has recommended an integrated security framework for all major tourist destinations in Jammu and Kashmir, including comprehensive CCTV coverage, centralised monitoring, and regular vulnerability assessments. The 260th report was tabled in Parliament on Friday.
The recommendations follow the panel’s visit to J&K in May 2026 and come after last year’s Pahalgam terror attack that killed 25 tourists. The committee also called for clear inter-agency SOPs to be prescribed and reviewed before the peak tourist season to ensure a coordinated response.
The Indian Opinion
The committee’s report risks being read as just another file after the Pahalgam massacre. Yet the real test will be whether these SOPs survive the gap between a parliamentary table and the ground in Gulmarg. Last year’s attack killed 25 tourists; the panel visited in May 2026. A single number to watch is the percentage of CCTV cameras actually networked into a central monitoring room by next peak season.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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