Kashmir was however temporarily accessed to India and as promised by the then Prime minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,a plebiscite was to be done as to choose the destiny of the state according to the wishes of the people of Kashmir.

In the tournament, eleven teams of Kargil are participating and the matches which will be played from 9th to 12th January whereas the final match will be played on 13th of January 2018.

The Chief Minister expressed the hope that the Aiwan-e-Sahafat in Srinagar would not only come up as the first facility of its kind for the media fraternity in Srinagar but also become a hub of intellectual discourse.

Meanwhile authorities suspended the mobile Internet service in Budgam district to prevent spreading of rumours.

“The presence of garbage has is major cause of the miseries we face day in and day out the authorities should take action against this menace,” Gulzar added.