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Mountain cleanliness responsibility of tourists, hotel management

ISLAMABAD, June 12 (APP):Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) Tuesday said visitors and hotel owners should take care about the cleanliness of mountains while visiting at iftar or sehri timmings. Talking to APP, MCI deputy mayor Zeeshan Naqvi said hotel owners throw their waste at mountains spoiling its beauty and environment at iftar or sehri timings. “The cleanliness of mountains is responsibility of visitors and hotel owners. Such careless and unhygienic practices are causing health hazards for the visitors as visitors do not take any particular interest in the cleanliness of the facility,” he said and added and as a result, empty plastic bottles and snack wrappers are becoming more visible throughout the course. Naqvi said people generally had volunteered to collect garbage including huge mass of waste including plastic bottles, wrappers, tins, shopping bags and food-packaging thrown by the environment visitors.