11-2-11, Eleven two Eleven let’s take a ride to heaven Mt. Abu

What’s so special of 11-2-11? It can be read from  left  to right  and in reverse and it would still be eleven two eleven. Abu is akin to heaven right now, the winter has left this abode and it’s real pleasant right now. I took a drive down to Oria on the 8^th in the afternoon to see if the ducks were still there. It was an exhilarating trip with little or no traffic on the road, the overcast sky and a cool breeze blowing through my beard.

I took some snaps on the way and was happy to meet some tourists who were also busy enjoying themselves picnicking at the mini Nakki Lake. I was quite disgusted to see the litter and broken bottles left behind by the tourists who drive down to the bottom to enjoy themselves. If only some sense of responsibility prevails with these visitors we would be a happier town. Have a look at some of the snaps I clicked that day.

 Black-winged Kite

 Looking for prey

 Still searching

Ready for the plunge

Common Stone Chat

Common Stone Chat

Basking

 Indian Roller

Indian silver bill

Ducks mixed bag

Mixed bag

Pintails

cemented road all the way to mini Nakki lake 

Mini Nakki Lake

Scarecrow

Another Scarecrow

something that caught my fancy

Nakki Lake The spectral Green lake Mount Abu

The spectral Green lake Mount Abu

Plummy the guardian looks down on the lake,

A mammoth whose forte is at stake

He’s perceived the birth of the lake,

A sheer human force, that put it together by sweat and rakes.

It’s a manmade lake, the largest artificial sparkling body ever made

Its beauty inspired the poets and the sages, and Plummy smiled

That smile has now grown into a scowl; the spangled lake now lies strangled

By the very humans who gave it its birth.

Nakki Lake one of the biggest manmade lakes is rapidly losing its grandeur. In spite of the wonderful parks and gardens surrounding the lake, the lakes banks are a sight for sore eyes, the stagnant water which has given the lake its unique green colour is littered with plastic bottles, plastic bags and a host of other debris.  The stench at the moment is quite unbearable but by summer walking around this beautiful lake would be pure hell.

The municipality and the other government agencies are far too busy at the moment knocking down buildings to care two hoots for the lifeline that in dire drought supports the people of this town and the tourists that visit this oasis. A number of hotels and restaurants on the boundary of the lake should be monitored strictly to see that they do not dump their solid waste into the lake.

Over the years, thanks to corrupt and uncaring lake authorities, encroachers in nexus with authorities have practically legalized their encroachment through pressure. The health of the lake has reached an epidemic level. Tourism has played no less a role in contributing to the pollution and contamination of the lake. To read more on the condition of the lake read the blog I posted here. http://footloosenfancyfree.blogspot.com/2008/06/abus-mystical-nakki-lake-misconceptions.html
The Latest snaps of our grand lake the one and only Nakki Lake

Nakki Lake

Abu gone Green So have I

Stars by day

 OH Gosh my interior has just thrown up

Forgive me for the Stench I did not cause it Human