Srinagar, Dec. 19 -- Discreet security arrangements are in place as Kashmir warms up to the winter tourism season after an almost washout year following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, most of them tourists, and the Red Fort blast in Delhi on November 10 besides the accidental explosion at Nowgam police station four days later.

According to officials, road-opening parties, mandatory CCTVs at hotels and markets, list of visitors with police stations, real-time monitoring of their movement amid close coordination between security agencies are some of the new standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place to restore tourist confidence as winter tourism gets underway in the popular destinations of Gulmarg, Sonmarg a...