On World Tourism Day, stakeholders in the hospitality sector reminded the government that the holy city grapples with civic mess, unorganised traffic, safety and security concerns of visitors and staff scarcity in Tourism Department.

Satnam Singh, a hotelier, said barring the Heritage Street leading to Jallianwala Bagh and the Golden Temple, the rest of the roads inside the walled city are in a deplorable condition. Heaps of garbage has not been lifted and waste lies strewn on roads. All these put off visitors.

Irregular mopping and sweeping of roads besides tardy lifting of garbage were the prime reasons for not popularising heritage and the Panj Sarovar walks that kicked off years ago in the walled city.

Tour and travel operator Sarbjit Singh said haphazard parking of vehicles, insist

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