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Triund is a serene, scenic, meadow in the lap of the Dhauladhars , which is under intense ecological pressure as around 2000 people are reaching this fragile place without awareness and concern about its ecological importance especially to the water system of the region.

We want to save the place by bringing all the stakeholders on board and device a sustaible plan for its prerevation and conservation.

We have been meeting up with the various stakeholders for the Triund project. There are few things with demand immediate attention and action as per the discussions: Preservation and conservation is for the main impetus, we need a cap on number of visitors, we are having literally more than one hundred tents on this pristine meadow at times, like this we are going to devastate it.

We don’t have any water up there from any natural source, forget drinking water, we don’t have for it even for rest rooms, and open defecation is the norm. Don’t understand how are these travel agents letting this happen? (and they are billing each group in lakhs) 

Fleecing the people is a norm, a pack of cooked Maggie noodles can cost between 120-150 bucks there are no rate lists, its jungle raj in this aspect. We also have two concrete private structures and half a dozen sheds (it’s a reserve forest area). We need all the waste to come down every day from the shopkeepers as well as the tourists. We can promote trash collection by providing bags and souvenirs to whom so ever bring back more than s/he takes up. There are few more things which can be incorporated for saving our Triund….

• Entry fees (deposit for bringing back your trash, as well as some cess for maintaining the place)
• In this fees we can include an amount to provide insurance to all (only causality benefit but administration has to take it up, yes we are in talks with them)
• Rain water harvesting (atleast for washrooms).
• Promoting Alternate route for coming down (via Indrunag)
• Ban on construction right from Galu Devi Temple
• Cams at entry point in Galu Devi as well at reaching point in Triund (Indrunag as well if alternative route is promoted)
• Guide Facility
• Day camping booking (compulsory if one wants to camp with minimal charges)
• Use of Drones (DC sir has accepted this and is probably incorporating)
• Air Ambulance (needs lot of work to make is feasible)
• A proactive search and rescue team (can involves army and other such agencies) Moreover we have suggested an advisory body consisting of district administration, police, forest, NGT, the Himalayan club/ Indian mountaineering Federation and local NGO’s. And to begin with an app can be a change maker for tourists Hope we begin the change. The proposed rope way for the Triund has also been luckily cancelled so we have more time to save this meadow. Hope we take up the issues ASAP.

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