...Most hotels try to maximise the number of rooms, even if they block the
best views of the Himalayan peaks in the process. The three major
resorts are fast becoming concrete jungles.
With tourists from all over India and the world moving into Kashmir in
droves, rubbish now threatens not just the ecology but the tourism
industry itself. Environmentalists are already expressing their concerns
about the policy paralysis.
Environmental experts maintain that construction should be prohibited
within these resorts. But the government has not only allowed
construction of hotels right on the most scenic spots, but has also
failed to provide adequate disposal systems for solid and liquid waste...
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