The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced that it is developing Bungus Valley in Kupwara district as an offbeat tourism destination.
- It is a far-off tourist spot near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir.
- The decision comes in the wake of unplanned and uncontrolled growth in concrete structures in the traditional tourist hotspots of Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Sonamarg in Kashmir.
- Bangus lies close to the LoC in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
- After Gurez, Machil and Keran, Bangus is one more addition to the list of tourist spots near the LoC.
- Once a militant infiltration route, Bangus is around 100 km away from Srinagar, with two bowl-shaped valleys perched at an altitude of 10,000 feet.
