Soma Abu's Jungle man removes crocodile from lake
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| Soma Abu's Jungle man. |
At long last yesterday, Abu’s jungle man ‘Soma Ram snared the wily crocodile’. Why he’s called the Jungle man is only known to a few Abuites. I believe he took on the task, as there was a handsome reward for the capture of this crocodile. Now the tourists can heave a sigh of relief and not be apprehensive about the devil lurking under their rowing boats. By the way, the auction or ‘Teka’ for the use of the lake waters for rowing went at a whopping 1Crore, 30 Lakhs. A group of locals joined hands and bagged the rights to the boating for 1 year.
The Diwali season saw hectic action as tourists thronged the streets of Abu hotels had a heyday and the tourists went away with mixed feelings. The local Abuites took full advantage of this hectic time to put up buildings and of dropping roofs with impunity, hoping the authorities would turn a blind eye to their notorious actions. Poor souls Build in haste and repent at leisure. Now that the season is over and the authorities are back at their desks the task team every morning and throughout the day make rounds to all these places to pull down these illegal structures, the area biggest hit is the famous Dilwara area where mushrooming of many building took place.
It’s really disheartening as it’s always the poor who suffer while affluence flouts the laws with impunity. It’s nothing new, the law of the jungle prevails in our jungles, and it’s the same in our concrete jungles. Have a position and money and both work.
This ugly scene will take some time to rectify itself as people learn to live with the inevitable, provided the authorities take just and reasonable action to solve the plight of Abuites caught up in this catch-22 situation.
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