Srinagar, Sept. 13 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today pledged that his government will act promptly on the recommendations of the Second International Conference on 'Hangul Protection and Other Threatened Ungulates Conservation' (2IHUC-25), so that measurable progress is achieved in the population of Hangul and Markhor before the next such conference is held.

The Chief Minister, who is also Pro-Chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), was speaking at the valedictory session of the three-day international conference at SKUAST-K's Shalimar campus, an official press release informed.

It said addressing a gathering of conservation experts, scientists, policymakers, and delegat...