Alpine grasslands of Bhaderwah emerges as favourite destination for picnickers
Bhaderwah/Jammu, Sep 10 (PTI) The high-altitude Jaie Valley meadows near the picturesque Bhaderwah in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district has emerged as a favourite destination for picnickers this season, officials said.
A record four lakh tourists, including 1.20 lakh students, visited the valley — which lies at an altitude of 7,850 feet, 30 kilometres from Bhaderwah — between May and September, Additional Deputy Commissioner Dilmir Chowdhary said.
Surrounded by coniferous deodar forests, the valley has a nearly nine-kilometre-long meadow, bisected by a stream that merges with a tributary of the Chenab at Kahara.
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