New Delhi: Indian citizens visit the tourist hotspot in the ‘protected’ area on Ladakh, some of which are in advanced areas, will have fewer documents to be handled.
Administration has canceled the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in another step to underline Indian sovereignty over the region.
Tourists who dare to these areas still have to pay an environmental fee of Rs 300 and the cost of the Red Cross funds each RS 100.
The good news is that they can do it from the comfort of their hotels using online portals, officials said to Tii.
All visitors also need to bring evidence of valid identity during travel and foreigners will still need permission of protected areas.
However, the ILP system cuts will not produce untredged access.
The Ladakh government will separately tell the area, most of the village of ‘zero-km’ on the border, where tourists will not be permitted.
The Ministry of Houses on Saturday requested such a list, which will be completed shortly after consulting with the police and the army.
Thang Village on the border with Pakistan at Nubra Valley; Dungti, Koyul, Demchok and Chumar in the Nyoma subdivision in East Ladakh tend to remain beyond limits.
In Cargil District, tourists can now travel to places like batalik easily.
Ladakh opened for tourists in October 1974.
Although tourists were allowed to travel to a number of places, this step attracted foreign tourist bonds and strongly established the border area as an undisputed Indian region in Global Mindspace in Global.
In the early days, access to Pangong Tso, for example, was allowed only between 6:00, when tourists had to mark their return at the Landport checkpost.
Likewise, the turtuk was opened only in 2010.
Many areas have been opened progressively since then.
But many still remain out of limits, most of the insistence of the army, many with disappointed local populations that want to reap economic benefits from tourism as owned by Leh and Nubra Valley.