Srinagar, Feb. 7 -- In the past five years, Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) has never utilized a fully allocated budget and funds-raising a question on the functioning of the tourism development authority.

The official figures reveal that the expenditure of the budget of every fiscal of those five years from 2019-23 was never accomplished.

In the year 2019 the government has allocated a budget of Rs 607.73 lakhs and Rs 609.38 lakhs respectively. However, the Public Information Officer (PIO) of GDA in a reply to Right to Information (RTI) application filed by the activist M M Shuja has said that the expenditure in the fiscal year was only Rs 166.73 lakhs and Rs 276.88 lakhs respectively.

Similarly, the official figures reveal that i...