Overview
- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha delivered the keynote at a two-day Vishwagram symposium on “Peace, People and Possibilities” at SKICC in Srinagar.
- He asserted that the region’s current calm and progress rest on five years of sacrifices by soldiers, police and civilians, with classrooms and markets showing renewed activity.
- Sinha credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership for the turnaround and pledged to intensify efforts to dismantle what he called the terror ecosystem.
- Appealing to youth, he urged rejection of radicalisation and drugs, warning that some voices still echo Pakistan-backed militants and should be identified.
- He called the people of Jammu and Kashmir the “heartbeat of peace,” urging adherence to the rule of law to protect stability and broaden socio-economic opportunities.