That's basically what we were told.
I also got the feeling where a low ranking BK thought to do it themselves, they got a slap on the wrist and told not to. Senior Brothers involved. There is a belief that the BKs will end up owning the whole of Mount Abu. Not sure how the residents feel about that, but I'd guess they have the money power to do so. If the others would sell.
How much of Abu/Abu Road do they own now?
did not at least one Westerner attempt to establish themselves there, the woman who ran the juice bar?
To be frank, it's probably a good thing they cannot as it's a national park, otherwise they would just develop it all. The Aravalli range was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1980, before they really got going. Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary spreads out into a plateau which is about 19 km (12 mi) long and 6 km (3.7 mi) wide.
Are the BKs involved in the
Mt Abu Master Plan-2030, now the Government of India has declared the area around the sanctuary an Ecologically Sensitive Zone? I note in the article it says, would be developers are
The plan was drawn up without any consultation with residents or experts, and goes against the 2009 notification. It would pave the way for commercial exploitation of green areas and allow construction on steep slopes, leaving the region more prone to landslide. The plan also provides for change of land use in areas where construction has been done.
No carrying capacity study of existing infrastructure was ever conducted ... no inventory of already existing infrastructure was made.
Many of the land owners hail from Gujarat and are not residents of Mt Abu.
Master plan files,
here.
The great paradox of Abu is that it is supposed to "the purest place on earth" for the BKs ... yet it is also a honeymoon destination! So the jungle is not the only place there's wild life at night going on.
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