Srinagar, Dec. 14 -- Inaugurating Asia's longest ski drag lift at the famous skiing resort of Gulmarg, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday once again raked up the issue of opening of tourist sites in Kashmir which were closed after the Pahalgam terror attack, officials said. He said the tourism sites weren't closed even during the thick of militancy in 1996.

Along with Rs.3.65-crore ski drag lift, measuring 726 metres, at Kongdoori, Omar dedicated a series of tourism infrastructure projects worth Rs.17 crore. Talking to media persons, he said, "We can only raise infrastructure. The closure of tourist sites was not our decision. We have seen more bad situations than this. There is a lot of difference between the situation now and...