By Sakshi Dayal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is committed to efforts to develop its restive territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, accusing neighbour Pakistan of seeking to destroy livelihoods there with April’s deadly attack on tourists.

He was speaking on his first visit to the Himalayan region since Islamist attackers targeted Hindu tourists in the popular Pahalgam area, killing 26 men, triggering hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours that ended in ceasefire last month.

“The atmosphere of development that emerged in Jammu and Kashmir will not be hindered by the attack … I will not let development stop here,” Modi said in remarks after inaugurating infrastructure projects.

Key among these was a $5-billion rail link between the Kashmir Va

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