SRINAGAR : The proposed solid waste and sewage treatment project at Gupt Ganga–Foreshore Road, Nishat, is facing strong opposition from residents, with Grand Mufti of Jammu Kashmir, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, terming it “an ecological blunder that threatens Dal Lake’s survival and public health”. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

The Grand Mufti said that converting the Gupt Ganga wetland, an important ecological buffer for Dal Lake, into a waste processing and sewage site would have grave and irreversible environmental, health and social consequences.

“The project is ecologically disastrous and socially unacceptable,” he said. “Destroying this natural wetland for a large-scale waste facility not only undermines decades of conservation efforts but also violates the ve

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