SRINAGAR: When the whole valley was celebrating Eid, a Social activist from Ganderbal district left home early in the morning to help the tourists Rajeev Kumar from Vijaypur Jummu and Chanchal Nagvanshi from Punjab.
Tourists told that they were very much terrified to visit Kashmir Valley due to frequent turbulent news of valley on social networking sites and other whatsApp p group besides national media. “We were suggested to visit any other state in India other than Kashmir Valley due to prevailing worst cycle of violence. We were also told that People of Kashmir are not behaving well with tourists”, Rajeev Kumar, a tourist said.
Rajeev Kumar further said that before he could change the venue for his tour, he called a Kashmir based Social activist Syed Karar Hashmi to get the exact details regarding visiting Kashmir. He said once Hashmi realized that Kumar is scared due to wrong information and misunderstanding about Kashmir, he compelled him to come and witness the reality. “I was highly impressed with the hospitality of the Kashmiris here and come to know that social networking sites are spreading strong propaganda against Kashmir with an aim to set back tourism industry”, Kumar said.
“We visited Hazratbal NIIT, Nishat, Shalimar, Shankaracharya, Chesmashahi and other tourist places with great ease and felt that we are really in Paradise. The propaganda and a war like situation in Kashmir portrayed by the media and other social networking sites need to checked out and should be dealt with law of the land. There is a deliberate attempt from unknown corners to defame Kashmir for ulterior motives. We all are thankful to the Social Activist Syed Karar Hashmi who left the home on this auspicious day of Eid-Ul-Fitr and helped on humanitarian basis to make us feel safe”, the tourists said.
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