It has always been the case. The tourism fills govt. coffer, but it also destroys the environment of wild area-WLS and National parks and the wilderness. Promila
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:48 AM, santosh deodhar <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All, > Yes. the ecological importance of sahyadri in the life of peninsular > india is seriously overlooked by us. this is the pain. > santosh deodhar > > On Sep 30, 6:04 pm, shobha chavda <[email protected]> wrote: > > In marathi Newspaper “Loksatta” , the renowned author Mr.Abhijit > Ghorapade has > > been writing a daily column on Kas Plateau since last two days- > > “पुष्पपठारांना ग्रहण” meaning “ Eclipse to Flower-Plateau” It’s really > > painful to know the effect of increased tourism and upcoming resorts > > causing severe damage to the biodiversity of this most precious part of > > Western Ghats. Since last 3-4 years, the tourist population is growing > > geometrically > > -( Thanks to the tons of articles and photos published in local > > newspapers/magazines) causing destruction of rare species. It’s time to > > stop this influx of tourists totally to save Kaas Plateau.By the way can > > someone post the translated excerpts of his articles on efloraindia? >
