Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said 'the improvement in the law and order situation in the state was visible on the ground'.
Winding up the discussion on the governor's address to the state assembly, the chief minister on Wednesday quoted facts and figures to buttress his statement.
"As against 385 militancy related incidents in 2009, the state witnessed 268 such incidents in 2010. The militancy related incidents came down to 192 last year."
The chief minister said that 'the improvement in law and order during the last three years is visible on the ground'.
Omar Abdullah also said that 'the foot prints of security forces are being reduced'.
"As many as three Central Reserve Police Force battalions have been delinked, 39 security bunkers removed in Srinagar city, 52 buildings vacated from forces occupation," he said.
The chief minister said that 15 more paramilitary bunkers have been identified in Srinagar city for removal adding that 'zero tolerance against human rights violation is the commitment of the Centre as well as state governments'.
The chief minister added that 'attempts were made during last year to disrupt the peace but credit goes to people who thwarted the attempts by vested interests'.
On the achievements registered by the government during last three years, Omar Abdullah said that the peaceful 2011 has provided opportunity to the government to carry forward development to every area.
"We are making capital expenditure of about Rs 8,500 crores in the state reaching out to every corner and area on development front", he said expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi 'for extending support to his government which in turn is support to the state'.
He said that 'peaceful 2011 has also paid dividend in the form of successful tourist season'. "More than one crore yatris visited Mata Vaishno Devi, 6.37 pilgrims Shri Amarnath and 13 lakh visitors visited the Valley."
Expecting more productive tourist season this year, Omar Abdullah stressed on the airlines not to inflate airfare during the season and called upon the Union government to ensure additional flights and increased operational hours at the Srinagar airport.
He also asked the hoteliers, transporters, boatmen and others associated with tourist trade to treat the tourist with best courtesy and charge reasonable rates.
Omar also said that Germany has withdrawn the tour advisory regarding Jammu and Kashmir and it is hoped that UK and other countries would follow the suit.
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