Srinagar, March 25 -- With significant surge in tourist arrival in Kashmir in summers, the Centre has asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to make sure high-level security arrangements are in place around all the tourism places in the Valley, especially those which are close to vulnerable areas.

On Tuesday, Union home secretary Govind Mohan chaired a high level security review meeting via video conferencing which was attended by J&K chief secretary Atal Duloo and DGP Nalin Prabhat, among other officials.

The minister told the officers as they expect good arrival of tourists to Kashmir so they need to make high-level security arrangements not only at popular tourist destinations like Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Sonmarg but also those places ...