Pindari Glacier to be \u2018Trek of the year for 2022<\/p>\n
Prem Prakash \u00a0Upadhyay ‘Natural’<\/p>\n
Bageshwar, Aug 19<\/p>\n
The Uttarakhand state government has declared the Pindari trekking route as \u201cTrack of the Year\u201d. The state government will invite \u00a0tourist, climbers ,adventurers and naturalist\u00a0 to trek the route in the month of October this year with an aim to popularise the trekking destination which is well known. It would in turn result in \u00a0improvement of local of economy and also boost employment.<\/p>\n
Pindari Glacier located near the Nanda Devi peak in the Kumaon Himalayas. The Pindar River begins at its feet, which is a major tributary of the Alaknanda River. It was G.W. Trail, the first British Commissioner of Kumaon and Garhwal, \u00a0who first \u00a0climbed the Pindari Glacier in 1830. He crossed the pass (now trail pass) at an altitude of 17700 feet from Wol Pindari Glacier and reached the village of Martoli in Milam Valley.<\/p>\n
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As per state government plan, nearly 100 trekkers of the country and the state will be tracking Pindari Glacier in October. Bageshwar District Magistrate Reena Joshi at a meeting held recently at the district headquarters \u00a0instructed executive engineer\u00a0 Sanjay Pandey of PWD\u00a0 Kapkot division to start the work of repairing the track route at the earliest.\u00a0She informed \u00a0that an amount of Rs. 27 lakhs to repair the tracking route, has been released to the Kapkot division of PWD from the district plan.<\/p>\n
In the meeting, Additional Executive Officer Adventure Tourism Uttarakhand Ashwin Pundir, who was connected through virtual medium, requested the DM to provide security arrangements for Pindari trekking, deployment of SDRF and arrange health facilities. The DM said that full co operation will be given during the trekking.<\/p>\n
She said that a unit of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) \u00a0is stationed in Kapkot while police, medical arrangements and satellite phones will be made available during the trekking. She sked the Additional Executive Officer Adventure Tourism to promote Pindari trekking through various means. Apart from surveying the marked places of Kapkot, the local people were asked to get training in paragliding, rock climbing and as \u00a0tourist guides. CDO Sanjay Singh, DFO Himanshu Bagri, Kapkot SDM Paritosh Verma, ACMO Dr. NS Tolia, District Tourism Officer Kirti Arya were present in the meeting.<\/p>\n
Pindari trekking route has not been repaired since the deluge of 2013. Even after ten years, the PWD Division of Kapkot has not been able to make the route worthwhile for trekking activities. A new\u00a0 suspension bridge has been constructed in Dwali in place of the damaged suspension bridge. The trekking routes are in very poor condition in many places including Dwali.<\/p>\n
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