Eco- friendly cab stops function in Delo
Nisha Chettri
Kalimpong
June 3, 2015: when the entire country gets revenue from tourism,
Kalimpong is no far from the scene, it gets many tourists from
March-June and from September to December adding benefits to the economy
of the town.
Leaving
the eco-tourism spots aside, the old and famous Delo tourist lodge
makes a positive turnout with the added embellishments in the location.
The golf cart was recently added to attract more tourists which is now
destroyed and abandoned.
The
Villa doesn’t permit a tourist vehicle inside the gate which leads
towards the lodge but the golf cart near the gate was a good transporter
for the old-aged people who paid 50 rupees till the lodge’s entrance.
‘The seven-seated cab used to encircle the lodge in 50 rupees,’ (per
head) said the source.
The
battery car was sponsored by the GTA to the uplift Darjeeling tourism
three months ago which has now been lying uselessly in the garage since
last 15 days.
The
car owned by ‘Prevalence green solution’ the renowned company of
Bangalore has no on-hand mechanic here which is one reason for the cab
to remain inactive in the garage.
Speaking
about the servicing of the cart, Nima Tshring, one of the staff of Delo
tourist lodge told that the concerned authority has
been informed about the state of the cab.
‘After
the car stopped functioning, we immediately informed Sonam Bhutia-the
secretary of tourism department, he assured us that the mechanic of
Prevalence green solution will be brought here immediately’ said
Tshring, adding that the company has been informed as far as he is
concerned.
The driver of the golf cart was also not available to give details of the deadlock eco-friendly car.
However,
the leading newspaper (Indian Express) once published that Travel and
Tourism sector of India would contribute 8,215 billion rupees, 7 percent
of the GDP and 37.4 million jobs, which is 9 percent of the total
employment by the end of this year (2015)
Ironically,
the gearing tourism has somehow hindered with little reluctance in the
hills, believes a Hoogli born tourist, ‘I visited Darjeeling before
this, it is congested and little dirty as compared to Kalimpong, but I
think Kalimpong has to work more on the roads, its clean and peaceful
here but the roads are bad’ said S.P Das who boarded from Hoogli.
With
the statements or feedbacks received from the tourists it can be
assumed that they are little unsatisfied with the standard of tourism in
the hills. Das also suggested for minute maintenance in the fluctuating
electricity and to give a serious attention to the water problems in
the hills.
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