KOLKATA : Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said on Thursday that arrangements were being made to bring back the tourists injured in Wednesday's grenade attack at Srinagar. Twenty-two tourists from the State were injured in the attack on two buses at Dalgate in Srinagar.

The State Government has contacted the authorities concerned to arrange for a special flight, Chief Secretary, Amit Kiran Deb said .

The injured were admitted to three hospitals in Srinagar and the State Government was in constant touch with the Jammu and Kashmir Government for information on their condition. . The tourists are expected back by Friday, Mr Deb added. .

Kashmir has, of late, been a favourite destination for tourists from the State. , After Wednesday's incident, several private tour operators here have cancelled group tours to Kashmir. .

Samir Sengupta, tour manager of Kundu Special, a major tour operator told The Hindu that two of the four tours for this month had been cancelled. "A group which left on May 30 will be returning shortly."

Authorities at the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose airport here are making arrangements to provide medical attention to the injured .

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