Srinagar: Kashmir Pandits in the US have sought the intervention of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing the Kousarnag religious pilgrimage in the valley to proceed after the Jammu and Kashmir government rescinded the order permitting the event.Â
 Expressing dismay and anger on the recent decision of J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to rescind the order permitting Kashmir Pandits to proceed with the annual and religious to Kousanag, the Kashmiri Overseas Association (KOA) in a letter to Prime Minister Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh urged that the pilgrimage should be allowed to continue with immediate effect.Â
 “The Kashmiri Pandits have historically been guardians of the ecology of Kashmir where every spring, river and mountain has been treated with respect as opposed to the degradation that has been caused in recent decades by the forces who oppose them and who do not want the Pandits to expose this destruction of the environment of Kashmir through unrestrained illegal activities,” the letter said.Â
 “We note that this is the third disturbance that has been created in the Valley following reports that your administration is looking at plans to rehabilitate the Kashmiri Pandits who had been expelled from the Valley in 1990 and have been living in exile for the last twenty five years,” the letter said.Â
KOA has called for a general body meeting on August 31 in California to review the situation and determine their next course of action.