Srinagar, June 18 -- Jammu and Kashmir government has reopened eight parks in the valley.

Betaab Valley in Pahalgam and the parks near Pahalgam market, Verinag, Kokernag, and Achabal gardens in Anantnag district, Badamwari Park, Duck Park near Nigeen, and Taqdeer Park near Hazratbal in Srinagar were among those reopened on Tuesday.

The reopening of the parks has been welcomed by the tourists and local visitors alike, who thronged the parks at several places.

Security personnel were deployed in strength around the parks to secure the areas and create a sense of security, they said.

Twenty-six people, most of them tourists, were killed by terrorists in Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam, a popular tourist spot.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant G...