Latest news and Updates On Mount Abu [ 31/07.2021 ]

 Update on Mount Abu.

Mount Abu can now boast an up-to-date free medical clinic run by our esteemed Dr AK SHARMA. He has been running this free clinic for the poor and the tribal for the past 20 years. He has provided medical support worth millions of rupees, including free operations to hundreds of thousands of patients. 

The latest on his agenda is to see the message below.

Dedicated service to public health

|| Shri Agneshwar Mahadev || Sri 1008 International Mahant Sri Tulsigiriji Maharaj Medical Center

Free Diagnostic Camp - Sunday 11 am to 2 pm

Location: Omkar Ashram,  Delwara, Mount Abu (Rajasthan)

Date

the coming tabeeb,

08/08/2021 Dr Rakesh Sharma | for children.

22/08/2021 Dr Ketan Shukla | For kidney, urine and stones.

05/09/2021 Dr Parthiv Mehta | For breathing and lungs.

19/09/2021 Dr. Riddhi Shukla | For ladies.

This is a free service/consultation offered to the patient

Courtesy - Arsh Charitable Foundation, Ahmedabad

Dr Sharma has started a super speciality clinic in his free clinic programme. If anyone knows of any children with lung disease, patients of gynaecology, or patients having kidney stones or kidney-related problems. Let them know and inform them they can avail themselves of this programme FREE. You can update our gracious Dr if anyone is unnecessarily suffering from any disease without consultants. Dr Sharma is getting the finest of doctors from Ahmedabad for free. They will check the patients on the air-conditioned bus. The doctors will examine them and provide relevant advice. Please note the timings.

From 11 to 12 on Sundays.

Mount Abu has never ever boasted of an entire library. As far back as I can remember. We had a makeshift library, an apology for the library that was running in the pavilion. Our present SDM, who is immensely productive, has revamped and renovated the pavilion. The pavilion is now a state-of-the-art library. It will have internet connections, computers, Wi-Fi, and everything a modern library needs. Anyone can be a member, and you can contribute books to it. Your ideas and advice on the well-being of this state-of-the-art library will be most welcome. Next month, I look forward to the launch of the Mount Abu Library in the hills.

More on the latest on The Abode of the god. Good nite, 

Tourist thronging in Hills Spark Fears of 3rd Wave Mount Abu [ 08/07/2021 [

 Following relaxations by the Rajasthan Govt, tourists make a beeline to Mount Abu.

Welcome to the Abode of Gods

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MOUNT ABU GOOGLE WORLD

Scenic points to visit

Mount Abu is a popular weekend spot for tourists from Gujarat. With a drop in the number of cases, and the unlock put into effect last month, the tourist rush to this oasis has gone through the roof! Throughout the week, hordes of tourists drove up to visit Abu, with an estimate of over 65000 people visiting on an average weekend getaway. 

The road leading up to Mount Abu sees impatient traffic jams because of the overwhelming number of vehicles. They also made it victim to mass litter with empty beer bottles, plastic water bottles, empty snack packaging, and other grim litter associated with irresponsible tourism. With the growing waste attributed to the tourism industry, they have not left Mount Abu undefiled. All this adds to the strain on wildlife and the environment. 

What about the principal scientific advisor to the prime minister, who clearly stated that a third wave is inevitable and that the exact time of its advent cannot be FORECAST? Although the Government has called on the population, at large, to follow the pandemic protocol strictly, there is such a universal indifference to laws and regulations in that regard. 

The thousands of tourists in Mount Abu flout all mandatory safety precautions daily. It mostly comes across as unruly children let loose in the wild. The lessons learnt from the devastating second wave, only a short while ago, which caused untold panic throughout the country, seem to have faded away, leaving an ideal ground for the virus to raise its head once again.

Can we prevent the #ThirdWave with such insolence?

Will our vaccinations be effective against new variant strains?

Like all other hill stations that depend on tourism, will Abu survive another onslaught of lockdowns?

We require tourism, but while the industry creates the problems, it also needs to provide solutions. There is an immediate need to preserve what we have in this gracious oasis of ours. We cannot let tourism thrive at the cost of disturbing the fragile ecological balance. There has to be a way of bringing a collective consciousness into play. 

A campaign in July 2019, Clean up Nakki Lake (under Ravindra Goswami, the sub-divisional magistrate), yielded over 10 to 12 tons of garbage. Can one believe that guests visiting this beautiful lake would be so uncaring for the environment that they would make it the graveyard of beer bottles? They also hoisted four trolleys of discarded beer bottles out from the lake. I’m making this point only because the other day I visited Mini Nikki Lane and the Lower Khodra dam and witnessed this menace first-hand. There were beer bottles thrown all around; many even pitched into the water. I would also like to mention a recent video that circulated, which showed the deplorable condition of the Polo Grounds. In the video, I saw large numbers of vehicles parked, and tourists were thoughtlessly littering the ground with beer bottles and other trash items. I have linked the same at the end of this blog. 

There is a constant threat of automobile pollution, jammed roads, not designed to accommodate such vehicle inflow, rampant littering of non-biodegradable material, and plastic waste too. With these looming problems, there is an impending threat in terms of local resources too, especially water. Regular monitoring of the few water bodies we have here is necessary, and the Administration should contemplate imposing penalties for polluting them. To stop the dumping of beer bottles in our town and its environment, we need strict laws.

If we address these concerns one at a time, perhaps in the coming years we will still have something for these visitors to see and appreciate.

Mount Abu Polo Grounds is a pathetic state 

Personal Memories of Polo Grounds

Mount Abu Datda Sea World

Datda Sea World hyped up the largest aquarium in India

Opposite Lake Palace Nakki Lake

Datda Sea World

The aquarium 

Angle fish

Angle fish

Cluster fish

      

Exotic Fish

Redcap Lionshead,

Piranha

Sea Shells from around the world

A junior staff member

Incomparable Beauties

Water snails

Datda Sea World owned by Jalam Singh Rathore, accompanied me around the museum when I went to visit it last Saturday. It extremely disappointed me to see it set up as it’s still in its infancy. To make it publically viable, he should have first completed the said project and only then opened it to the tourists. I’m sure people’s expectations of this hyped-up largest aquarium in India did not meet the approval of many a visitor.

Mr Rathore was very enthusiastic about the project. He said a lot had to be done but because of public pressure; he had to open the place prematurely. Mr Rathore plans to have exotic varieties of all kinds of fish that would enthral the tourists. He boasts of the largest collection of seashells, around 10,000 from all parts of the world. The Seashell Museum is impressive, but a lot of effort still has to go into making it presentable. I’m sure Mr Rathore will have his work cut out, as running a successful aquarium as large as this one would require a team of experts and dedicated people. Already they have suffered a loss of around Rs 3 lakhs, with fish not being able to survive the change in environment.

They imported the bulk of their fish from Singapore. The fish are first sent to Calcutta and from there immediately to Udaipur, where they are housed and treated for a few days to recover from their jet lag. From Udaipur, it transported them to Abu. The aquarium will have both varieties of fish, freshwater and seawater fish on display. In the Datda Sea World, visitors will get to see different varieties of fish and other underwater creatures. If merely looking at them does not satisfy a visitor’s curiosity, they could try scuba diving in an 80-foot aquarium being specially built for this purpose. A small auditorium is being prepared next to the aquarium where visitors can view short documentary films on marine life, and discuss the various aspects of fish life in different parts of the world.å

I’m sure on its completion it will be a big thrill for tourists visiting this abode of the gods.

Mount Abu Latest News Gateway to the Abode now open.[12/08/2021 ]

 Negative RT-PCR is mandatory for outsiders entering Mount Abu.

Mount Abu is beckoning tourists in the second wave of the pandemic year.

This life is so full of temptation and tourists want to keep it that way. If They try to change it, they might lose their way!

The Rajasthan government has made it mandatory for outsiders visiting Mount Abu to have a Negative RT-PCR certificate done in the last 72 hours. Our SDM, Abhishek Surana. Mount Abu told TOI that as per Rajasthan government guidelines, Mount Abu is complying strictly with all who enter this abode.

Mount Abu has set up two checkpoints attended by the police, and medical and paramedical staff who will monitor guests at these posts.

To visit Mount Abu as a tourist, you must show a negative RT-PCR report 72 hours before or proof of complete vaccination at least 28 days prior. Please check to see if tourists may visit Mount Abu on weekends. I believe from Friday to Sunday there could be restrictions on tourists visiting this lush green Abode of the Gods.

Today, a lot of guests went up the hill, oblivious to the fact that Abu doesn't permit tourist access on weekends. Consequently, they were left bewildered and trapped. Thankfully, the Local Administration intervened and passed a decision. These tourists were given the option by the Local Administration to either stay confined to their respective hotels, where they had been booked for the weekend or to start touring and sightseeing from Monday. 

To avoid being confined on the weekend to one’s hotel, tourists please go through the protocols laid down by the state governments.

Wishing all visitors to the Abode of Gods a pleasant and safe stay.

BE SAFE and avoid the three Cs — crowds, closed spaces and close contact.

Help fight COVID-19 Head over for your first jab.
18 to 44-year-old young folks of Abu can get their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Venu the Government Higher Secondary School. You can register with your Aadhar card.

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Mount Abu Rajasthan in the second phase of the Pandemic.[ 24 May 2021 ]

Rajasthan chief minister announced a three-tier lockdown in the state from May 24

Mount Abu City from Achalgarh

Ashok Gehlot. the new guidelines to be followed during the period.

The three-tier lockdown system is being implemented to enforce Covid-19 apt behaviour.

In the first stage, the government has asked people to not allow outsiders into their houses to keep children and elders safe. 

The second stage involves not over five people would gather.

Under the third tier of restrictions, is a complete ban on traffic movement from one city to another and from one village to another. All medical emergencies and other All medical emergencies and other permissible categories would receive permission. All medical emergencies and other permissible categories would be authorised.

The state has also mandated a negative RT PCR certificate, not older than 72 hours, for travellers coming from outside the state. If not provided, the passenger would undergo a mandatory 15-day quarantine.

Markets except those selling dairy and milk products, shops selling fruits and vegetables and vendors of such products on jettisoned rickshaws will remain closed between 12pm on May 28 to 5am on June 1 and between 12pm on June 4 to 5am on June 8.

If entering Rajasthan from another state it’s mandatory a negative RT PCR certificate, not older than 72 hours. If not provided, the passenger would undergo a mandatory   15-day quarantine

COVID-19 vaccination will continue. Recipients can only visit the vaccination centres within the same locality as their residents.

They have increased the penalty for not wearing a mask in public places from ₹500 to ₹1000. Please ensure that you wear your mask.

Black fungus notified of an epidemic in Rajasthan

Mucormycosis (black fungus) is notified as an epidemic and notifiable disease in the entire state under the sections of the Rajasthan Epidemic Act 2020

Free treatment for black fungus across all districts: Rajasthan CM

Mount Abu, our little hill station in the state of Rajasthan, has also seen a few deaths related to COVID-19. Our tourist industry has come to a standstill.

BE SAFE and avoid the three Cs — crowds, closed spaces and close contact.