Governor’s Advisor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the death of two persons in a raft capsize in Pahalgam yesterday.
A three-day rafting championship began on Monday in memoryof Rouf Dar, the brave-heart tourist guide who died earlier this month whilerescuing tourists from river Lidder, an official handout said.
In his condolence message, Ganai, who is Advisor in-chargeTourism Department, conveyed his heart-felt sympathies to the bereaved familiesof the deceased and prayed for peace to the departed souls. He also wishedspeedy recovery to those injured in the incident.