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JAMMU, India, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The provincial chief of Indian Kashmir, who has promised to heal wounds in the violence-torn region, vowed on Wednesday to press ahead with peace initiatives despite a string of rebel attacks that killed over 40 people.

"We have drawn a roadmap, we will not be deflected,"Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Syed told the state assembly in the winter capital Jammu, where an attack on two Hindu temples by suspected Muslim militants over the weekend killed 13 people and caused nationwide outrage.

At least 27 other people died in other attacks in Kashmir over the weekend.

Syed reiterated an election campaign promise not to implement a tough new federal anti-terror law in Kashmir and said he would disband a counter-insurgency police arm accused of human rights violations.

"This is a question of winning people's hearts, there should be a consensus on this in the country," he said.

More than 35,000 people have died since the revolt erupted in Muslim-majority Kashmir in late 1989. Syed, who has faced criticism from opposition groups for releasing political prisoners, said he had ordered security forces not to lower their guard against militants. 

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