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The Road That Leads To Mount Abu
In 1822, Col Todd, first British to set foot in mountabu, would have never thought that his rediscovery of mountabu would make it one of the most favored destinations both for tourism and pilgrimage.
Undeniably he did caution to save these beautiful ranges from vandalism more so the area taken up by the British on lease from the then ruler of Sirohi state Kesri Singh Maharaj the salubrious invigorating verdant environs of mountabu was found to be so conducive that by 1850the British mountabu thought it most appropriate to make mountabu a recuperation destination for their ailing soldiers.
With time they constructed the present road to mountabu now know as old cart road in those old days no one would have ever thought that the dusty road on which only a bullock cart plied once a day would have heavy vehicular traffic 24x7 throughout the year. By 1935 when Sanghi motors started their once a day service even the thought of round the clock traffic on this deserted road was a distant dreams.
Today even after widening of the roads space constraint still pinches the rod users but the able planners of mountabu are dexterously maintaining a balance in development and the demands of local fragile eco system many new features are being added to make mountabu an attractive destination for all classes of visitors.
In recent year innumerable activities have made mountabu a destination of choice revival of polo regular programms of Spic Macay arrival of mountabu own theater group. innumerable environmental activities by pfa and much more have taken place in current year, permission to shoot marble poems of Delwara, possibility of golf and aquarium near Nakki lake along with hand adventurous ropeway from honeymoon point to a
Aanadra promise to make a memorable Deepawali for visitors the most up data addition is bikes on hire.
The hottest feature has added a new class of tourism in mountabu a the youth tourism young souls from all over Gujarat arrive by train or bus and then hire bikes before setting off to mountains Sukant from Rajkot was all excited this is fantastic before this the exorbitant cost of travels discouraged us from coming to mountabu now.the story’s deferent we just wait for an excuse to be here and then it is all about taming the mountains on bikes true the bikers have added a new dimension to youth tourism in mountabu and mercifully the number s swelling by the day.
Article By : Dr. AK Sharma
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