Ganderbal police urges public not to visit Sonamarg on weekends
Ganderbal police urges public not to visit Sonamarg on weekends
Bilal Ahmad
Press Trust of Kashmir | Ganderbal : Ganderbal police on Saturday urged the general public not to visit Sonamarg on weekends.
They said that please don’t embark on a day picnic to Sonamarg today and tomorrow in view of Covid-19
They said that administration has placed in restriction.
“Dear citizens, please don’t embark on a day picnic to Sonmarg today and tomorrow that is Saturday and Sunday in view of COVID-19 restrictions placed by District Adminstration.
Stay safe,” Tweeted Ganderbal Police.
The district administration in Ganderbal on Wednesday had ordered that no day picnickers will be allowed to visit Sonamarg tourist resort on the next two Saturdays and Sundays in view of Covid-19 pandemic.
As per an order the district administration said that it has been observed that a large number of local tourist are thronging Sonamarg tourist destination especially on the weekend, and heavy influx of tourists poses danger of resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic in view of possible violation of COVID appropriate behavior.
It said that sub-divisional magistrate, Kangan has also reported that unrestricted and unabated influx of tourists and day picnickers to Sonamarg may seriously undermine COVID-19 mitigation efforts put in place by the administration.(PTK).
