Jammu Tawi, June 11 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday constituted a high-level committee to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the technical malfunction of the Gulmarg Gondola on May 25 that left more than 300 tourists stranded mid-air and triggered a massive rescue operation.

The government accorded the sanction to the constitution of a five-member committee to investigate the circumstances leading to the malfunction of the cable car system.

The committee will be headed by Mahmood Ahmad Shah, Managing Director of KPDCL, and comprises Vikas Gupta, Director Tourism Jammu, Tariq Hussain, Chief Executive Officer Gulmarg Development Authority, Javeed Ahmad Tantray, In-charge Superintending Engineer, Mechanical and Hospital Ci...