Srinagar: The Government of India on Wednesday said that the number of civilian killings has remained in the range of 37-40 every year during the last five years while a large number of tourists have visited JK in the past few months.
Replying to a query whether it was a fact that civilian killings in JK have increased recently, the Minister of State for Home (MHA) India Nityanand Rai said that the number of civilian killings has remained in the range of 37 to 40 every year during the last five years—2017 to 2021 (till November 30)
Rai also stated that a large number of migrant workers continued to stay in Kashmir and left as usual in view of the onset of harsh winter.
“Also a large number of tourists have visited JK during the last few months,” he said.
Earlier on Tuesday, the GoI informed the parliament that the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved significantly since August 2019 and there has been a decline in militant incidents.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) India was replying to queries in the parliament including the situation post repealing Article 370 and whether the elections of BDC and District Development Council in Kashmir have been conducted peacefully.
It also said that a turnout of 98.29 percent was registered in Block Development Councils (BDC) elections in 2019 and 51.42 percent in 2020 District Development Council (DDC) elections.
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