SRINAGAR : The Environmental Policy Group (EPG) has raised alarm over what it termed as an “illegal and ecologically disastrous” overlanding activity taking place in several forest and meadow belts of Jammu and Kashmir. The group has called upon the government to immediately stop this practice, warning that the ongoing vehicular excursions across fragile mountain ecosystems could lead to irreversible environmental degradation. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

According to EPG, the activity has been reported from forest regions of Haijan, Branwar, Mechkhanian, and Ashrat, where participants have been driving vehicles across green pastures and forest trails. “This is an unlawful activity and the participants are not only aware of it but brazenly admit it,” said Fai

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