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| Experts worried over unchecked tourist flow to eco-fragile places | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 26: Throwing suggestions of several committees and experts to winds, the government is making no efforts to regulate the tourist flow to places with fragile environment.
According to an official report of the Environment department, the unplanned and unprecedented growth of the tourism industry in the state has resulted in severe detrimental impact on environment in J&K.
It says that the inflow of tourist beyond the carrying capacity of the tourist spots has put tremendous pressure on existing resources and infrastructure. It has suggested on exploring new destinations, which will reduce the pressure on the existing tourist places.
The report was submitted to the government few years ago. But government is not doing anything to ensure its implementation. "We know how fragile our environment is. There shall be norms how many tourists can visit a place, which is fragile in environment like other parts of the world," an official said. The official said that several researches have found that that unregulated tourists increase pollution, creating pressure on drinking water resources, lack of collection and disposal damages the environment and further it creates the problem of accommodation and congestion in the state. "We have only few tourist places, which are having the requisite infrastructure. But government has failed to regulate the tourists in these places which proves detrimental to our environment," an official of Environment department said.
The official emphasized for developing of eco-tourism concept.
"We need to frame rules, which will also help to upgrade the infrastructure at tourist destinations with proper water supply, sewage, drainage to ensure that environment is not affected," the official said. |
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