SRINAGAR, July 12 -- The Environmental Policy Group (EPG) has sounded alarm over the establishment of an illegal garbage dumping site perilously close to the Guryul Ravine Fossil Park in Khonmoh, on the outskirts of Srinagar. The fossil site, dating back over 252 million years, is globally recognised as a critical geological and palaeontological heritage zone.

The EPG issued a strongly worded statement denouncing the act as "environmental vandalism of the highest order," warning that the dumping threatens to irreversibly damage one of Earth's most unique geological formations. "This is not just illegal - it is an outrageous attack on a priceless global heritage site," said Faiz Ahmad Bakshi, Convenor of the Environmental Policy Group. "G...