The couple has been fined Rs 1 lakh. 50,000 to drive his Toyota Fortuner SUV on the sand dunes at Hunder in Nubra Valley, which is an ecologically sensitive area.
see photosThis picture has been shared by Leh Police on their Facebook page.
Ladakh is one of the most beautiful yet sensitive ecological regions of our country, which is why tourists need to be careful about how they treat the region. However, a couple from Jaipur, Rajasthan found it the hard way. The couple was fined ₹50,000 for driving their Toyota Fortuner SUV on sand dunes in Hunder in Nubra Valley. Leh Police posted two pictures on Facebook that show the SUV off-roading in the cold desert.
Leh Police wrote in their Facebook post, “A tourist vehicle found violating SDM [sub-divisional magistrate] Nubra has a directive not to drive a car on the sand dunes in Hunder. The couple from Jaipur were booked as per the law and a bond of ₹ 50,000 was taken by them. District Police requests Leh tourists not to drive on sand dunes as you are causing damage to the natural landscape and violating prohibitory orders.”
Environmental experts suggest uncontrolled tourism could harm ecologically sensitive region
Situated at an altitude of about 10,000 feet above sea level, Nubra Valley is located about 120 km north of Leh and witnesses the meeting of the Shyok and Siachen rivers. The valley separates the Ladakh region from the Karakoram Range and the Siachen Glacier. Tourists travel from Nubra Valley to visit Khardung La Pass.
The Ladakh region is astonishingly beautiful as a cold desert landscape, but is sparsely populated. It is open to tourists during the summer months between April and September. Despite being financially great for the locals, the recent influx of tourists due to better infrastructure in the region has been a cause for concern. Many environmental experts suggest that uncontrolled tourism could harm an ecologically sensitive region.
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This is not the first time that tourists have been caught desecrating the Ladakh region. Earlier this year, a video went viral in which an Audi SUV was being driven across Pangong Lake, with two tourists hanging from the ceiling.
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