Mussoorie, May 18 -- With infrastructure in the hill station increasingly strained by rising tourist inflow and over-crowding, stakeholders, residents and experts have called for an urgent and comprehensive master plan to address multiple challenges facing Mussoorie . Locals say the town's infrastructure has been pushed far beyond its sustainable carrying capacity, resulting in persistent traffic congestion, an acute parking shortage and illegal construction activities across the hill station. Environmentalists and urban planners warn that without a long-term plan, the fragile ecology of the region could face irreversible damage. Stakeholders said the weekend influx of tourists from Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh overwhelms local traffic management and causes severe congestion at key bottlenecks such as King Craig-Zero Point, Gandhi Chowk-Kempty Road, Picture Palace-Upper Mall Road and Spring Road-Motilal Nehru Marg. Police officials said these areas require immediate attention to ease the recurring traffic gridlock. In an attempt to address the growing crisis, the Mussoorie Traders Welfare Association (MTWA) has submitted a detailed 25-point proposal to the tourism department following a Public Interest Litigation filed by Pravesh Pant over the parking-related chaos in the jurisdiction of the Mussoorie Municipal Council. MTWA president Rajat Agarwal said the proposal focuses particularly on the Landour Cantonment area, which experiences the highest tourist traffic. "To address the issue, the association has suggested widening the road stretch from Lal Tibba and Sister Bazaar to Char Dukan and Mullingar," said Agarwal. He added that the blueprint proposes implementing a one-way traffic system in the cantonment area by developing an alternate route from Sister Bazaar to Jabarkhet Road. The plan also includes constructing a dedicated parking facility for at least 300 vehicles on government land within the Landour Cantonment to curb roadside parking. "The association has also identified several strategic locations that could serve as high-capacity parking hubs, including vacant land near Jain Dharmshala with space for around 500 vehicles and a site in front of Hotel Himalaya Castle that could accommodate more than 100 cars," Agarwal said. Additional parking sites proposed by the association include municipal land at Mullingar, South Road, North Road near Ghantaghar and Bakery Hill. The latter has been suggested as a multi-purpose structure with staff quarters on the lower levels and two floors dedicated to parking. However, residents and environmental experts stressed that the hill station's problems go beyond traffic and parking, and require a comprehensive urban planning framework. Residents have also suggested immediate measures to ease congestion....