Gulmarg, July 14 (KNS): Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) on Friday clarified that no one can find any garbage in Gulmarg meadows of the areas frequented by tourists.
“Apropos various photographs purportedly related to the waste management at Gulmarg being circulated in social media, it is to clarify that nowhere in Gulmarg meadows or the areas frequented by tourists, one can find any garbage. The sanitation is meticulously maintained,” authorities clarified.
They said the garbage in the dump yard is expected as the garbage has to be dumped first in the dump yard and then segregated and then fed to machinery for processing . The Gulmarg Development Authority is committed to assist and augment the Municipal Committee Gulmarg which is responsible for overall waste management of the destination. At times the wild animals spread the waste material of the dump yard on the road side during the night, which is immediately retrieved in the morning and kept in place in the dump yard.
Gulmarg as a destination has shown an immense increase in the tourist flow and accordingly the generation of waste has increased manifold. However the same is being efficiently collected and disposed off scientifically. The enormous flow of tourists to the Gulmarg is an indication of improved infrastructure and the facilities provided by the GDA and the grievances being received are at an all time low, they said. (KNS)