We were at Bhagsu waterfall in McLeodganj early morning to enjoy the view, and this is what we saw. It's really sad that people don't treasure such natural beauty and just leave their trash behind as if it's no big deal.
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We need tougher laws and fines. Edit: I recall that in some Himachal villages, temple signs say that entering or even touching the walls is prohibited and carries a Rs 5000 fine. That works as a deterrent, so higher fines and proper implementation could give similar results for littering.
I bet it's the locals here as well. They always are.
I'm from Himachal and we believe in joginis, nature spirits that live deep in forests, near water bodies, on ancient trees, etc. Making noise or polluting those areas is considered a death wish - even spitting there can bring trouble. I hope whoever did this gets what's coming to them.
Most tourist spots in India are like this. I'm not even angry now; it's just sad that many of us lack the common sense to clean up after ourselves, and you rarely find dustbins in crowded places.
Those people never should have gone to the hills; they got too much money in their hands.
Expecting Indians to clean up after themselves is like expecting the sun to rise from the West. Kutte ki dum tedhi ki tedhi. Our "not my job to clean" attitude will never change.
I saw an educated, empathetic person feeding pedigree to stray dogs but then throwing the packaging on the street outside a commercial complex. When I confronted them, they had the nerve to say, "but we have office cleaners for this." No, sister, it's not the cleaners' job to pick up packets of rubbish that you are too lazy to carry 25 m to a dustbin.
If someone kind enough to feed stray dogs openly litters, what can you expect from people who get unruly and drunk in pristine nature and then defile it?
Clean up?? Woh kya hota hai bhai?? We Indians have never even heard of that word.
I work in wildlife tourism. I spent two years in Jawaibandh, a well-known wildlife destination, where many foreigners visit. The litter problem there is so rampant that it breaks my heart, especially near the dam. Foreign tourists kept asking why it's like this and I had no answer. I used to tell them that South India is cleaner and the issue is mostly in the north. Ten to fifteen years ago the south was indeed very clean. After two years there I moved to Karnataka and I'm so disappointed. I live in a beautiful, pristine spot in the Western Ghats and people have ruined it badly. It's sad to see civic sense disappearing everywhere. The North East is the last hope for India.