Srinagar, Sep 19: Assistant Director Tourism Gulmarg today clarified regarding social media post circulated through the twitter handle “Tantra in silence at Gurez” that his office has neither granted any permission nor issued any authorization for conducting the said event, through an official communication.
It further stated that, “this office has no information or official communication regarding the proposed event referred to in the said social media post. No application seeking permission for the event has been received or processed by this office,” reads the clarification.
It further clarified that the said proposed event has not been authorized/approved by the Office of the Assistant Director Tourism, Gulmarg, and this office has no association with the organization or conduct of the event mentioned in the social media post.
District Information Office, Bandipora also clarified that no permission has been granted to the event by the district administration.
In a post on X, Information & PR, Bandipora said: “Gurez ‘Tantra Silence’ Retreat Unauthorised; No permission has been granted to the said event by District Administration Bandipora. Public/tourists are advised not to rely on or share such unauthorised promotional claims”.
Earlier former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq had expressed grave concern over the proposed conduct of the event in Kashmir valley, and called for immediate action by the authorities.
