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- From: banarji@unixg.ubc.ca (Ajai Banarji)
- Newsgroups: rec.travel
- Subject: Travel to India-Kashmir and Himachal
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 01:33:20 GMT
- Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- Travelling to India-Jammu and Kashmir
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- To cut a long story short....
- It IS certainly unsafe to travel to Kashmir, particularly Srinagar at
- this stage. One of the fundamentalist groups had issued a "directive"
- asking all foreign tourists to leave.
- Ladakh should be OK, but then you should take the flight to Leh and not
- the land route through Srinagar. Ladakh is a part of Kashmir state but is
- not affected by terrorism. Similarly Jammu city and the neighbouring
- districts are in Kashmir state, but are comparatively safer places. But then
- there is nothing much for the foreign tourist in Jammu.
- Himachal Pradesh is not affected by terrorism. However, you have to pass
- through a bit of Punjab (another state affected by terrorism) to get there
- but you should be OK. There seem to be air services (smaller airlines,
- not the "regular" Indian Airlines) from New Delhi to Kulu. I'm not sure if
- there is an air service to Simla now.
- I am not up to date regarding the need for special permits for certain
- parts of India. It is certainly required for visits to Punjab, but not if you
- are merely passing through on your way to another state.
- When you apply for your tourist visa for India, mention all the places
- you need to visit so that the necessary permissions can be obtained.
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