Srinagar: Efforts of the Jammu and Kashmir government to prevent fresh migration of Hindus from the valley received a jolt on March 30 when the surviving Kashmiri Pandits in Nadimarg, where 24 of them were killed recently, decided to leave the valley.

Kashmiri Pandits have decided to leave for Jammu on March 31 following "pressure" from their migrant relations, a spokesman of the Pandits told reporters.

He said though majority of the families were against migration in view of the assurances given by the administration and local Muslims that their security would be better looked after, they decided to leave after their relatives persuaded them to do so.

PTI