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50,000 Pilgrims at Vaishno Devi shrine per day as National Green Tribunal caps number

November 13, 2017 Editor

Only 50,000 pilgrims will be allowed to visit the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu to avoid any untoward incident, the National Green Tribunal directed on Monday. The green panel also said that a new path to the shrine exclusively for pedestrians and battery-operated cars will be opened from November 24. The NGT directed that no horses or mules shall be allowed on the new route to the shrine and these animals shall be removed slowly from the old path as well. It also directed the authorities to impose a fine…

69 wildlife officials are guarding 2,50,000 migratory birds in Kashmir

November 5, 2015 Editor

Avian visitors have been making their annual tryst with Kashmir valley for centuries now Avian guests from Eastern Europe, Siberia, China, Philippines and other areas have already started arriving in Kashmir this year at the turn of season. To ward off the extreme cold of their summer homes, as many as 2,50,000 migratory birds including mallards, common teals, pintails, coots, and gadwalls have reached the Hokarsar Wetland, on the outskirts of Srinagar to spend the winter months in the valley. Avian visitors have been making their annual tryst with Kashmir…