Is Pangong Lake camping safe?
Recently, around the mid of September 2018, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed to remove all the illegal camping settlements, restaurants, Dhabas and huts in and around the Pangong Lake of Ladakh. These had recently come up in order to meet the demands of irresponsible tourists. In fact, under the orders of the notice, even the sites by the Indian Army have been asked to relocate to some other nearby area.

This responsible initiative by the High Court was taken under the negative circumstances of a very irresponsible wave of tourism that Ladakh has lately witnessed, which has largely followed the fame of the popular Bollywood film '3 Idiots' and the age of 'Instagram' and blooming 'Travel Influencers'. Considering the ecological fragility of the Pangong Lake, it has seen terrible ecological footprints that have resulted in contamination of the lake, the lakeside and also of the flora and fauna of the region.

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Into the unconsciousness of this issue, a lot of campsites that had failed to operate under the coverage of this notice were demolished by the higher authorities to ensure the knack of sustainable tourism and more importantly for the conservation and preservation of the Pangong Lake. 

Therefore, considering the mold of how the legal authorities in Ladakh are ensuring the sustainability of the Pangong Lake over the development of commercial campsites and ignorance of feckless tourists, the complete frenzy of camping has been rubbed off the Pangong Lake.

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Hence, it is not legally safe to camp by the banks of Pangong Lake. However, this in no way means, you cannot visit Pangong Lake. Pangong Tso is ideally welcoming tourists for a short day's trip where you get to enjoy the scenic panorama and the blue hues of the Pangong Tso minus the ecologically fragile idea of camping.

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