According to the police, the social networks are a headache as they are often misused as a tool to recruit youngsters, lure them to the jehad. This may have played a good part in the so-called resurgence of the Jaish in Kashmir
For most people in the Valley, the empowerment of the councils is but an extension of their own aspirations for greater autonomy, which lies at the heart of the Kashmir issue.
The local interest around trekking caught on from 2004-2005 and since then, several locals have been trekking in different mountain ranges in the Valley.
On social networking sites the government order is being compared with the Polish government order during German occupation of Poland in December 1939 which prohibited Jews from entering or using pathways, streets and public squares from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
The January 27 army shootout in a south Kashmir's Shopian has put the J&K government in a tight spot. It has also triggered fresh thoughts about changes in the geography-history syllabus for school students in the troubled border-state.
The officials say they have changed the strategy and are going to places like Bangladesh and Thailand to present Kashmir as a perfect tourist destination.
