Sonamarg rapacity

The lush green and wooded meadows of Sonamarg are faced with wanton rapacity by none other than those who are supposed to protect and maintain their pristine purity, beauty and grandeur. It is very painful to recount the story of how these vast and rare spots of natural beauty and verdure are turned into obnoxious concrete blocks by selfish and greedy people who have formed a nexus with Government agencies and officials. It is reported that even senior officials and political leaders are hand in glove in this general loot of public property in the State. One gift of popular rule in our State has been the general loot of State property conducted in connivance with those who are put at the helm of affairs. We have mind-boggling report about hoteliers throwing the rules and regulations to winds while raising hotel structures. They have violated the norms like the plinth area, height and material used for construction. Many of them have not even the permission for construction and those who managed to get it have violated the norms laid down and which they had agreed to uphold.
The strange thing is that no state authority from any department, revenue, tourism, environment, forest, R&B etc. has ever raised a finger on this gross violation of rules. That clearly indicates their collusion in the nefarious enterprise. The worst criticism comes against the Department of Tourism and Revenue who have failed first to prevent violation of rules and second to report the matter to higher authorities or to police for lodging FIRs.

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