Summary:
According to local operators, tourists and operators dump garbage irresponsibly and damage forests. “Some of our forests are simply littered with illegal camping sites,” he told TOI recently. On July 15, 2017, a 29-yearold trekker from Mumbai, hiking to Hamta pass in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu region collapsed. Shimla resident Naveen Thakur complained that unregistered operators from Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Uttarakhand and other states are organizing illegal camping and trekking on Pin Parvati pass, Hamta pass and Khirganga route. A 27-year-old government employee collapsed near Hamta pass on September 17 last year.Incidents like these have put the spotlight on the unregulated camping and trekking industry in the hill state..