Now, a fresh permit for each river in which you raft

DEHRADUN: The state tourism department has made it mandatory for rafters to take separate permits for each river. Earlier, one permit would allow rafters to go rafting in any of the state's rivers. Rafters contend the new policy would harm rafting in the state, and are threatening to shift to Himachal Pradesh. RC Bhardwaj, head of adventure tourism, said, "Rafters will now have to take separate permits for rafting in each river. Till now, rafters would carry out rafting on any river they wanted, with just one permit." Arvind Bhardwaj, owner of a Rishikesh-based rafting company, told TOI, "Along with a separate permit, the ...more