Attabad Lake | Pakistan

The Gilgit-Baltistan administration on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs1.5 million on a hotel for allegedly dumping sewage waste into Hunza’s Attabad Lake. The development came a day after a foreign tourist and vlogger named George Buckley posted a video on his Instagram page, claiming that sewage water was being pumped out by the hotel into the Attabad Lake In the video, Buckley could be seen standing next to the lake with a friend and saying: “We found out some information through a local that the sewage is actually being pumped into the water.” The tourist also showed muddy water being mixed into the lake. The post gained significant traction on social media, prompting a response from the hotel. View this post on Instagram The hotel dismissed the claims in a social media post today, saying, “This lake has been home for us for the last six years.” “… To dump sewage water into the lake would be like desecrating our own house. We have never nor will we ever dump a single litre of wastewater into Attabad Lake.” Th...