{"id":130205,"date":"2021-08-31T20:25:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=130205"},"modified":"2021-09-01T18:24:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:54:37","slug":"conserving-chitkul-why-the-last-village-of-india-cannot-be-allowed-to-drown-in-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/conserving-chitkul-why-the-last-village-of-india-cannot-be-allowed-to-drown-in-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Conserving Chitkul: Why the \u2018last village of India\u2019 cannot be allowed to drown in plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article &#8220;<strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Conserving\u00a0Chitkul: Why the \u2018last village of India\u2019 cannot be allowed to drown in plastic<\/span><\/strong>&#8221; published in Down to Earth on 31st August 2021.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><b>What is the news?<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Plastic waste is making its way to even remote locations in the mountainous regions such as &#8220;Chitkul (in Himachal Pradesh)&#8221; affecting the ecology of the region. This calls for the following principles of sustainable tourism to mitigate the impacts of pollution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Chitkul village<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Chitkul in Kinnaur district is home to ancient mountain culture, high mountains and beautiful forests.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.livehistoryindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chitkul_MAP_.jpg?resize=750%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chitkul: The Village on the Edge of India : Live History India\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also an important religious site as the resident deity of the village, Goddess <em>Mathi Devi<\/em>, is revered across <strong>Sangla valley.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Scores of her devotees and those of Lord Badrinath, Nag\u00a0<em>Devta<\/em>\u00a0and Shamshare Devta visit the village each year.<\/li>\n<li>The village is difficult to reach, yet, in 2018, the hamlet received most of the district\u2019s 250,000 tourists, who bring plastic waste of every kind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unsustainable tourism of this kind poses a massive threat to the ecology of the mountainous region, which is vulnerable to climate change and environmental degradation.<\/p>\n<h5><b>What steps can be taken?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>Adopting the principles of sustainable tourism offers an opportunity to mitigate the issue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, vehicles should not only pay user-fee for tourism development but also be<strong> vigorously checked for plastic wrappers, bottles and non-biodegradable material.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Second, a <strong>carrying capacity assessment<\/strong> to fix a limit of tourist visitation should be undertaken.<\/li>\n<li>Third, <strong>ecologically responsible construction<\/strong> should be adopted that restricts unsustainably built high rises, even by locals. New construction permits should be restricted and allowed under strictly agreed guidelines.<\/li>\n<li>Fourth, <strong>activities such as loud music and campfires should be disallowed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, <strong>waste management<\/strong> should be adopted as a priority to ensure that the menace of plastic is addressed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post is based on the article &#8220;Conserving\u00a0Chitkul: Why the \u2018last village of India\u2019 cannot be allowed to drown in plastic&#8221; published in Down to Earth on 31st August 2021. What is the news? Plastic waste is making its way to even remote locations in the mountainous regions such as &#8220;Chitkul (in Himachal Pradesh)&#8221;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/conserving-chitkul-why-the-last-village-of-india-cannot-be-allowed-to-drown-in-plastic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Conserving Chitkul: Why the \u2018last village of India\u2019 cannot be allowed to drown in plastic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10330,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[9448,9366,398],"class_list":["post-130205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-chitkul-village","tag-locations-in-news","tag-plastic-pollution","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700794286,"cached_date":1701826211},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10330"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}