NEW DELHI, Oct 8: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday where he is expected to announce some important peace measures with Pakistan, news reports said on Wednesday.

No details were given about the likely steps Mr Singh may announce to improve ties with Islamabad, but his visit coincides with the arrival of a business delegation from Azad Kashmir.

Mr Singh will also flag off the first train connecting Srinagar to central Kashmir during his two-day-visit to the disputed region.

Press Trust of India said the prime minister would flag off the first train from Nowgam (the station for Srinagar) to Budgam on Saturday.

Though it is a short distance between the two stations, it will be for the first time that the Kashmiris will see a train running in the valley.

“During the function, the prime minister will be addressing people and was also likely to make some announcements regarding the Indo-Pak ties,” the report said. Mr Singh will first inaugurate the controversial 450 MW Baglihar hydroelectric project in Doda region.

A team of elite Special Operations Group along with other security agencies arrived in Srinagar on Tuesday accompanied by a plane full of security paraphernalia.