London: Besides trying to attract more domestic and international tourists, the Jammu and Kashmir Government is taking concrete measures to bring back the displaced Kashmiri Pandits, State Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said.

"In conjunction with the Government of India, I am taking some concrete measures to bring back the displaced Kashmir Pandits, 200,000 of whom are living in different camps," the Chief Minister said after visiting the Jammu and Kashmir pavilion at the World Travel Market last evening (November 11).

Stating that he would not like to create unnecessary media hype on the issue, Mufti said to start with, greater protection was being given to more than 10,000 Kashmir Pandits living in the Valley and they were also being given succour and employment opportunities.

He said most of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits currently living in camps in Jammu and Delhi were keen to return to the State provided they were guaranteed adequate protection.

"They are nostalgic about their homeland," he said and noted that the sufferings undergone by the Kashmiri Pandits and other Kashmiris were most unfortunate.

The State Government had taken 60 children of Kashmiri Pandits born outside the State since 1989 on a conducted tour of the Valley recently and the children really had a peep into the beauty and splendour of their homeland.

PTI