Pahalgam | July 21: The success of the #ZeroLandfillYatra during the #ShriAmarnathJiYatra is not driven by technology alone, it is made possible by thousands of ponies and their dedicated handlers. Ponies carry segregated solid waste on their backs across some of the world's most rugged Himalayan terrain, ensuring it reaches processing facilities instead of being left behind in this fragile ecosystem. These silent champions are indispensable to keeping the pilgrimage clean, sustainable, and free from landfill waste. The steep, narrow and rugged Himalayan trails from Baltal and Pahalgam to the Holy Cave are inaccessible to conventional waste collection vehicles. In these high-altitude regions, where every kilogram of material must be transported over long distances, ponies become the lifeline of the sanitation system. Every day, segregated waste collected from camps, langars and public facilities is loaded onto specially designated pony caravans. These animals safely transport bio...