Whereas the tourism within the Himalayan states is on an increase within the latest years, the surging footfall of travellers and their reckless behaviour have raised eyebrows among the many native residents.
There have been a number of incidents up to now the place the reckless driving on harmful terrain, risking the lives of different individuals, have obtained criticism.
Nonetheless, the reckless behaviour of vacationers, particularly these coming from metro cities and neighbouring the Himalayan states have apalled the locals.
A video has emerged the place a younger lady from Himachal narrates how the guests from Delhi, Punjab and Haryana are very annoying and have interaction in rash driving whereas taking part in loud music within the ‘noisy’ bikes.
The video, which has gone viral on social media platform X, the lady, who’s at the moment residing in Chandigarh, stated, ” Folks coming from Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi are very annoying. They have interaction in rash driving and while you say something they have interaction in street rage.”
A Himachali sister residing in Chandigarh explains why Himachali individuals don’t like Punjabi Haryanvi and Delhi individuals. pic.twitter.com/04yowgU1fY
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She additionally stated that the travellers do not know how you can drive in mountaneous area and would not pay heed to the individuals or animals on street.
“They assume it’s their GT Highway and trip fastly. We face loads of issues due to this,” she added.
The lady additionally stated that it is not uncommon in Himachal to depart animals untied for grazing and added that the drivers do not look after the animals. She additional stated that they make noise from the silencer of the bike or the music system after they move by way of tunnels.
Talking over their obligations, the lady stated, “It’s okay for individuals to come back right here and revel in, however they need to have a way of accountability in the direction of the native individuals and tradition.”
Rash driving and street accidents aren’t unusual in Himachal, the place the damaging terrain, coupled with reckless driving result in a number of mishaps.
An incident of street rage was reported on June 8 in Himachal Pradesh the place Six males driving an SUV bearing a Punjab registration quantity thrashed an area tractor driver Aneesh Singh. The incident came about on Vikrambag Highway at Kala Amb close to Nahan in Sirmaur district, in line with a report in India Categorical.
On June 17, Three people from Dinanagar, Punjab, brought on chaos by shattering the windscreens of at the least seven autos parked at a personal resort in Nurpur, situated within the Kangra district.