"Nainital Bachao"
It is good to have a clean town. What is more important is to have a safe town.
In 1880 a tragedy struck Nainital when Alma Hill collapsed in unusually heavy rain due to haphazard construction activities and bad drainage system. Lot of people died.
FLATS was created where the rubble of Alma hill was.
After the tragedy many reforms took place for the safety of the hills. An excellant drainage system was introduced. Building laws became strict.
That was more than a hundred years back.
We are facing another tragedy if :
1) present manner of construction activities continue.
2) Drainage system from the top of the hills is not properly maintained and fortified.
3) unrestricted movement of motorised traffic within the town continues.
It is time all vehicles including VIP vehicles are banned within the town except for one hour each in the morning and night. Only Electric three wheelers should be used and a decent, reliable and affordable public transportation system maintained.
There is lot of space for extension of building activities beyond SUKHA TAAL area on the other side of the hill. There should be complete ban on further construction in this side of Nainital. Let there be a NEW NAINITAL beyond Sukha Taal on road to Kurpa Taal and hills around.
Unusually heavy rainfall is predicted for this year. It will be a testing time for the town.
