VIZAG matters - Sohan Hatangadi's Blog

We are the world champions in destroying our natural assets. Please see attached news items "Burning trash is turning off visitors at city's famous Rushikonda beach" Times of India dated 23rd Apr 2018 and Centre purposes relaxation of CRZ norms" The Hindu dated 19 Apr 2018 ............................... Now with a move to dilute the CRZ regulations, apparently to appease the tourism lobby (see attached news report) we are walking into trouble with our eyes wide open. Look what has happened to our once pristine *Rushikonda*. We unleashed our tourism department on the beach - no doubt with good intentions - and ruined it overnight. Everywhere the tourism department goes the place gets filthy and in no time has lost its charm. We see foreign travel shows on TV and think that we can replicate the scene here as if it all happens automatically by magic. We do not understand that after the infrastructure is set up , after the overpaid

Important people say the most clichéd banal things and everyone nods wisely and pretend that it is all original wisdom. Can someone please tell them that we have been hearing the same tired ideas for decades? Can someone please point out that it is time to stop talking and start getting things done? The best meeting will be when officials leave the conference room and go to a tourism site and get it ready for real tourists. Get local ... get real ... get things done