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disaster.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThey're calling for more to be done to tackle waste that's left behind by the soaring number of people who make the journey to the Amarnath Cave.\u003cbr/\u003eHindus believe it to be God's miracle.\u003cbr/\u003eThousands of pilgrims are making their way to Amarnath Cave Temple - zig-zagging their way through the mountains. \u003cbr/\u003eAs water begins to freeze every year in the snowy peaks of the Himalayas, an icy stalagmite - considered to depict Lord Shiva's phallic symbol - is created in the distant cave.\u003cbr/\u003eThe pilgrims take one to three days to reach the temple.\u003cbr/\u003eThe distance is nearly 145 kilometres from Kashmir's capital Srinagar.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the ecologically sensitive area - home to glaciers and rivers - is suffering from pollution because of the rising number of people passing through the area.\u003cbr/\u003eIf left unchecked, this damage could be disastrous, warn some environmentalists.\u003cbr/\u003eThe yatra - as it's known - has been taking place for decades and the number of people visiting the cave until a few years ago was just a few thousand.\u003cbr/\u003eBut, in the recent years, that number has multiplied to hundreds of thousands.\u003cbr/\u003eThe pilgrim season usually lasts around 45 days between July and August.\u003cbr/\u003eThat's when the Shiva Lingam (Shiva's phallic symbol) forms and the weather is optimal for travelling.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's thought the summer months of July and August brought roughly 622,000 people in 2012 and 350,000 in 2013.\u003cbr/\u003eWhen a mountain region such as this suddenly has to accommodate tens of thousands of people, it upsets the fragile eco-system and threatens the glaciers and wildlife habitats.\u003cbr/\u003eExperts fear that Kashmir could be the next Uttarakhand-type disaster waiting to happen.\u003cbr/\u003eIn 2013, more than 1,000 people died due to flash floods in Uttarakhand, many were on their way to the Kedarnath Temple, another popular pilgrim centre.\u003cbr/\u003eFor the most part, the floods and the massive damage they caused were believed to have been due to the consistent negligence and abuse of the mountainous terrain.\u003cbr/\u003eWhat happened in Uttarakhand has now put the focus on places like Amarnath which face similar threats due to the large influx of people.\u003cbr/\u003e\"So we have yatra (pilgrimage) for 44 days and we have approximately around 10 to 15 thousand yatries (pilgrims) per day,\" says Rakesh Kumar Gupta, CEO of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, an organisation that manages the temple.\u003cbr/\u003e\"So if you assume that the whole day, whole period is covered by this number, then it's a very large number, it's about five to six lakhs (unit of currency: 100,000).\"\u003cbr/\u003eClose to campsite areas, rubbish is strewn by the sides of paths.\u003cbr/\u003eThis garbage, when left untreated, finds its way into the glaciers and rivers, polluting the otherwise clean landscapes.\u003cbr/\u003eKashmir is dependent on the rivers Lidder and Sind which have their sources here.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to Professor Shakeen Ahmad Ramshoo, when these rivers are polluted at the source, it affects the entire Kashmir valley.\u003cbr/\u003eHe's an environmentalist and Head of department of Earth Sciences at the University of Kashmir.\u003cbr/\u003e\"When you allow 30,000 people to go for the yatra, for pilgrimage, and there's a lot of huge generation of the wastes, I mean you have to provide facilities for them, there are no facilities there, and there is no solid waste disposal, scientific disposal of the solid wastes, there is no scientific disposal of the liquid wastes that comes out of the eateries that have been established there,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e\"So all is this is polluting the water bodies there, and if you look at these two system, the Lidder system and the Sind, you know these two water shed systems are very important for the water supplies for the irrigation, for all the waters that the valley of Kashmir receives and now they are being polluted at the source.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThere are two routes to reach the Amarnath Temple, located approximately 13,000 feet above sea level.\u003cbr/\u003eOne is the longer Pahalgam route which takes two nights and three days.\u003cbr/\u003eThe other is via Baltal, a more treacherous but shorter path which takes around a day.\u003cbr/\u003eOnly a few tourists walk, many use a horse along with a guide or a palanquin carried by four Kashmiris.\u003cbr/\u003eThis addition of guides or carriers significantly raises the number of people walking along the paths.\u003cbr/\u003eAs the 30,000-odd people make their way to the temple, they cook, eat, bathe and defecate in the open.\u003cbr/\u003eCommunity kitchens called 'langers' are set-up to serve food to tourists, while small restaurants also cater to them.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Amarnath Shrine Board says they've set-up sewage treatment plants to treat the waste from these kitchens and elsewhere at the base camps.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The board has taken a number of measures, several important measures, to ensure that almost all wastes, which include the bio-degradable and the non-biodegradable wastes clear from the yatra,\" says Kumar Gupta.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The board has set up two major sewage treatment plants at the base camps, one at Nunwan near Pahalgam and the second at Baltal, on the Baltal axis and these are connected to all the toilets and all the langer (community kitchens) wastes which come there that is treated by the sewage treatment plant.\"\u003cbr/\u003eDespite that, food and material waste from these kitchens finds its way into dumps along the glaciers, also into ravines and gorges.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile there's a ban on polythene bags in this region, tourists often bring their own bags and dump them along the paths.\u003cbr/\u003eThat's perhaps because there's been no proper educational drive to inform people about being conscious of the waste they throw away.\u003cbr/\u003eA \"Leave No Trace\" policy hasn't been adopted like many tour operators in other Himalayan regions.\u003cbr/\u003eThose encourage tourists to bring their waste back with them.\u003cbr/\u003eSome agencies such as the Border Security Force have been cleaning up rubbish, especially the polythene which accumulates here.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Every person visiting the area should think consciously about not throwing polythene on the roads and about using the dustbins, as the glaciers' presence makes it a very sensitive ecological zone,\" says Arun Kumar Singh, a commandant for the Border Security Force.\u003cbr/\u003e\"BSF (Border Security Force) sometimes initiates cleanliness drives to protect the environment. We do both work - providing security and keeping the area clean, in order to protect the environment and secure it for the coming generations.\"\u003cbr/\u003eShakeel Ahmad Ramshoo says the government of Kashmir and other authorities should intervene now to prevent disaster.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it is high time that the government of Jammu and Kashmir, the Amaranth Shrine Board, the civil society of this place take very concrete and credible measures for ensuring that this yatra is sustainable and at the same time the wastes, the degradation of the environment that's created because of this unrestricted numbers of pilgrims that visit there is put to you know, as I said the determined carrying capacity of the system,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If that is not done, God forbid, in the times to come we may have a situation where there will be an ecological disaster in this region.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAnantnag, India-administered Kashmir - 7 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of pilgrims on horses climbing the Sangam Mountain on their way to the Amarnath Cave\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide pan left of pilgrims on horses climbing mountain\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of pilgrims on horses climbing mountain\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of pilgrims on palanquins crossing glacier\u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan left of pilgrims on palanquins crossing glacier\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of pilgrims entering the Amarnath Cave\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Anantnag, Kashmir, Indian-administered Kashmir - 16 July 2004\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of pilgrims inside the cave\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of stalagmite said to depict shape of Lord Shiva's phallic symbol\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of pilgrims inside the cave dancing, shouting religious slogans\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAnantnag, Kashmir, India-administered Kashmir - 7 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of Amarnath Cave, tents in foreground \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eSrinagar, Kashmir, India-administered Kashmir - 11 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e11. Set-up shot of Rakesh Kumar Gupta, CEO, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Rakesh Kumar Gupta, CEO, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board: \u003cbr/\u003e\"So we have yatra (pilgrimage) for 44 days and we have approximately around 10 to 15 thousand yatries (pilgrims) per day. So if you assume that the whole day, whole period is covered by this number, then it's a very large number, it's about five to six lakhs (unit of currency: 100,000).\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAnantnag, India-administered Kashmir - 7 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of waste on ground and temporary tents erected on the glacier near the Amarnath Temple\u003cbr/\u003e14. Pull focus from waste lying on glacier to pilgrims in background\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eSrinagar, India-administered Kashmir - 10 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e15. Set-up shot of Professor Shakeel Ahmad Ramshoo, Environmentalist and Head of Department of Earth Science, University of Kashmir \u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid of computer screen showing 3D view of mountains\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shakeen Ahmad Ramshoo, Environmentalist and Head of department of Earth Science at University of Kashmir: \u003cbr/\u003e\"When you allow 30-thousand people to go for a yatra, for a pilgrimage, and there's a lot of huge generation of the wastes, I mean you have to provide facilities for them, there are no facilities there, and there is no solid waste disposal, scientific disposal of the solid wastes. There is no scientific disposal of the liquid wastes that comes out of the eateries that have been established there. So all this is polluting the water bodies there, and if you look at these two systems, the Lidder system and the Sind, you know these two water shed systems are very important for the water supplies for the irrigation, for all the waters that the valley of Kashmir receives and now they are there being polluted at the source.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eAnantnag, India-administered Kashmir - 7 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e18. Low shot of used plastic cups lying next to the river and glacier\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close-up of plastic and other waste in water \u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of campsite on glacier near the cave\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of pilgrim washing himself on glacier\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of pilgrims walking past on their way to Amarnath\u003cbr/\u003e23. Tracking shot of pilgrim on palanquin\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of leftover waste lying on glacier next to community kitchens\u003cbr/\u003e25. Various of community kitchen staff washing utensils\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eSrinagar, India-administered Kashmir - 11 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE (English) Rakesh Kumar Gupta, CEO, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The board has taken a number of measures, very important measures, to ensure that almost all wastes, which include the bio-degradable and the non-biodegradable wastes clear from the yatra. The board has set up two major sewage treatment plants at the base camps, one at Nunwan near Pahalgam and the second at Baltal, on the Baltal axis and these are connected to all the toilets and all the langer (community kitchens) wastes which come there that is treated by the sewage treatment plant.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eBaltal, Sonamarg, India-administered Kashmir - 8 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e27. Various of volunteers (Border Security force soldiers) clearing waste left on mountains\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid of Arun Kumar Singh (left) Commandant, 64 Battalion of Border security force \u003cbr/\u003e29. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Arun Kumar Singh, Commandant, Border Security Force: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Every person visiting the area should think consciously about not throwing polythene on the roads and about using the dustbins, as the glaciers' presence makes it a very sensitive ecological zone. BSF (Border Security Force) sometimes initiates cleanliness drives to protect the environment. We do both work - providing security and keeping the area clean, in order to protect the environment and secure it for the coming generations.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAnantnag, India-administered Kashmir - 7 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e30. Low shot of pilgrims crossing waterfall\u003cbr/\u003e31. Various of pilgrims on horses and palanquins crossing glacier\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eSrinagar, India-administered Kashmir - 10 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e32. SOUNDBITE (English) Shakeel Ahmad Ramshoo, Environmentalist and Head of department of Earth Science at University of Kashmir:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it is high time that the government of Jammu and Kashmir, the Amaranth Shrine Board, the civil society of this place take very concrete and credible measures for ensuring that this yatra is sustainable and at the same time the wastes, the degradation of the environment that's created because of this unrestricted numbers of pilgrims that visit there is put to you know, as I said the determined carrying capacity of the system. If that is not done, God forbid, in the times to come we may have a situation where there will be an ecological disaster in this region.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAnantnag, India-administered Kashmir - 7 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e33. Various of labourers cutting glacier to erect tent for the pilgrims\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAnantnag, India-administered Kashmir - 8 July 2014\u003cbr/\u003e34. 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