The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has given clearance to the Jammu and Kashmir government for the construction of a Rs 120 crore cable car project at Baisaran in Pahalgam, where 26 tourists were killed in a brutal terrorist attack on 22 April that led to the ‘Operation Sindoor’ against Pakistan.

The government had sought the consent of the NIA, which is probing the attack by Pakistani terrorists.

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Officials said on Sunday that the approval of the NIA has come for building the project that aims to boost tourism in Kashmir.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, during the recently concluded autumn session of the Assembly, while replying to a question of the Pahalgam MLA Altaf Ahmad Wani, confirmed that permission has been sought from the NIA for the project.

He said the proje

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