New Delhi, Nov 02: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has given its nod to the Jammu and Kashmir government for a cable car project in Baisaran in the tourist resort of Pahalgam, the site of the April 22 terror attack, officials said on Sunday.

The Jammu and Kashmir government had sought approval from the NIA, which is probing the attack, in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed by Pakistan-based terrorists.

NIA officials said the anti-terror agency was approached for its views on the project by the Union territory administration.

“We were asked about our views (about starting the cable car project) and we conveyed that we do not have any objection from the investigation angle,” an official said.

On October 27, in response to an unstarred question by Pahalgam MLA Altaf Ah

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