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Only state-run buses for tourists to visit Rohtang Pass

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Manali: The Himachal Pradesh government has allowed only state-run buses to ply across the majestic Rohtang Pass as it imposed a complete ban on diesel and petrol vehicles for tourists to check environmental degradation.

The development came with the expiry of relaxation given by the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

On the tribunal’s directive, only CNG and electrical vehicles would be allowed to travel towards the pass, overlooking the picturesque tourist resort of Manali. This step, it said, will help in checking environmental degradation.

Kullu Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kanwar told that the ban would not be applicable on the vehicles bound for Lahaul-Spiti district and Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir via Rohtang Pass.

The state-run buses were allowed to ply across the Rohtang Pass, a major attraction for both domestic and foreign tourists and located 52 km from Manali.

So, the tourists can travel in Himachal Road Transport Corporation buses, which starts its bus service daily from Manali at 4 a.m. and continue till 2 p.m.

Kanwar said strict action would be initiated against the motorists who are found visiting the Rohtang Pass on the pretext of visit Lahaul-Spiti or Ladakh.

The tribunal has also banned horse-riding, snow-biking, paragliding and plying of snow scooters at Rohtang, Solang and Marhi and also ordered closure of eateries and kiosks.

It said the ban on tourist activity would help check environmental degradation and melting of the glaciers in the region which were receding at the rate of 20 metres a year since 1986.

Initially, the tribunal had banned all type of tourist vehicles. Later, it had relaxed its order for three months, limiting the entry of diesel and petrol tourist vehicles to the Rohtang Pass to 1,000 per day. The relaxation ended on August 15.

The tribunal, which has listed the case for next hearing on September 17, asked the state government to discuss with the GAIL or any other agency to supply CNG for the vehicles in Manali.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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