Uttarakhand being close to Delhi, NCR , Western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana it has been noticed that the maximum tourists rather notorious young ones are heading from these states to the Abode of Gods destination Uttarakhand in their luxurious cars allegedly accompanying crates of beers, liquor, Hukkaas and in several cases even drugs during the week ends for fun making and enjoy the present and soothing climate in serene hilly environment surrounding by lush green trees emitting fresh oxygen hardly available in the polluted national capital, NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana where Air Quality Index crossed 350 as compared to merely 10 and even less in hill stations. Though everyone has the right being the law abiding citizen to visit any part in India and enjoy the soothing environment and scenic beauty for which our enchanting hill stations are famous . But, in Uttarakhand unfortunately it has been witnessed that under the guise of tourists or pilgrimage notorious elements are visiting the Himalayan state just for fun which is not prohibited but carrying chairs with dozens of Hukkaas, beers n liquor and enjoying on the bank of river Ganges which is strictly prohibited is indeed undesirable sending wrong signal elsewhere and unethical too. The religious and spiritual destinations like Haridwar, Rishikesh, Ganges , our ancient spiritual destinations like Kedarnath, Badrinath, Hemkunt Sahib, Gangotri and Yamunotri are meant for paying obeisance to our ancient deities not making these pious places as picnic spots for drinking liquor, making reels, smoking Hukkaas, and even selling drugs or enjoying honeymoon which has unfortunately become prevalent in various spritual pious locations of Uttarakhand with hotels, resorts and even clubs coming up multiply and tourists thronging here in large numbers beyond the capacity of the state’s administration to control the increasing rush and complex situation. In the recent past there had been several incidents of open road rages, tourists and pilgrims literally being thrashed by muscle welding hooligans in broad daylight and traffic jams for hours together making the lives of tourists and pilgrims a hell. Just today there is news about a vigilant Pauri Garhwal police team registering challand against several so called tourists and confiscating nearly a dozen Hukkaas and chairs from the bank of river Ganges where several semi naked youths with not only smoking hukkas but spoiling the atmosphere of the area were seen. They had made the entire bank beside the river a Hukka Zone where no family or common tourists would dare to visit fearing reprisal. According to the latest news the vigilant Pauri Garhwal police has today detained several persons including confiscating their Hukkas and challaning them for their arbitrary activities destroying the dignity of pious Ganges. In another incident the vigilant Tehri Police has arrested a notorious gangster from Rohtak Haryana under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act ( NDPD) who was smuggling charas under the guise of being a Kanwariya. The accused already had 15 cases registered against him. 113 grams of illegal charas were recovered from the accused and the car used in the smuggling has been seized said the Tehri Police.
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