{"id":19210,"date":"2026-05-07T17:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=19210"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:31:24","slug":"gda-tighten-rules-for-pony-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/gda-tighten-rules-for-pony-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"GDA tighten rules for pony operators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Srinagar, May 07:\u00a0<\/strong>The Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) has introduced a strict \u201cone person, one trade\u201d policy in Gulmarg, banning multiple trade licences and stopping ponywallas from using hired labourers.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes a day after the Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA) rolled out a similar \u201cone licence, one horse\u201d policy in Pahalgam to regulate pony services and reduce overcrowding.<\/p>\n<p>GDA Chief Executive Officer Tariq Hussain said that the new rules are aimed at reducing congestion and protecting Gulmarg\u2019s environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe policy of \u2018one person one trade\u2019 is imperative to provide ample opportunities to the unemployed and to every deserving service provider,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new rules, each registered person will be allowed to keep only one pony and pony entry will be allowed only through designated points.<\/p>\n<p>The authority has also regulated traffic movement in the resort. Light motor vehicles will have to park in designated market parking areas, while heavy vehicles will remain parked at the children\u2019s park.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO said any person holding multiple trade licenses will be barred from doing business immediately. He added that association heads will be responsible for ensuring implementation of the orders.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the PDA enforced a \u201cone license, one horse\u201d policy in Pahalgam, saying the move was aimed at bringing discipline and accountability to pony services<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, May 07:\u00a0The Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) has introduced a strict \u201cone person, one trade\u201d policy in Gulmarg, banning multiple trade licences and stopping ponywallas from using hired labourers. The move comes a day after the Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA) rolled out a similar \u201cone licence, one horse\u201d policy in Pahalgam to regulate pony services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19212,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19210\/revisions\/19212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}