Srinagar, May 14 (KMS): The heavy presence of Indian troops on breathtaking snow-clad mountains of occupied Kashmir is scaring foreign mountaineers and trekkers.

The mountaineers, mostly foreigners, could not freely undertake trekking on routes like Kolahai, Tattakuti and Gangabal due to presence of the troops.

Rauf Tramboo, General Secretary of the Ski and Mountaineering Association said, “Domination of the peaks by the troops create hurdles for the trekkers and mountaineers. We have to seek permission from the Indian Army to undertake trekking. Ironically, in most of the cases the request is rejected on trivial grounds and it discourages the trekkers.”