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from :Ajay Kumar kala <lansdowne20032002@yahoo.com>
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Dear Mr. Purnendu,
Greetings from INDIABOUND HOLIDAYS.
This was an important topic you have touched, which is making rounds since so many years.
I was associated with Uttarakhand Andolan and was going through my studies in Srinagar campus college...We all were so highly charged up to fullfill the need of having a separate state, as UP had always remained biased towards plains. Hilly areas of Western UP ( Now Uttarakhand) were completely ignored.
BUT TODAY SEEING THE CONDITION OF UTTARAKHAND I WONDER WHY ALL THOSE PEOPLE GIVE THEIR LIVES, AS THE CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN SAME.
Even after getting Uttarakhand as a separate state, there is no upgradation seen. Rich are getting richer and poors are getting poorer. I am sure this was not the object of Uttarakhand andolan.
Today If you see, the affluent class from UP have bought most of the land in the areas like Haridwar / Rishiesh/ Dehradun/ Rudrapur/ Haldwani etc. We Uttarakhandis did not understand that selling lands to these people is so derogatory for us and our culture. Now when these landbuyers have turned themselves into Realtors and Real Estate agents and have started re-selling lands, people who are buying lands, are again mostly NOT from Uttarakhand, REASON- that we uttarakhandis are either not so strong, financially to buy those lands, or even if there are few uttarakhandi people, who are settled outside their state, and have money, they are not willing to shift to Uttarakhand, fearing that why invest there, when they have nothing to do there, and their invested money will not get multiplied. Though It is wrong to think, and by the time they understand this, it will be too late.
Let Dehradun Be the capital, and not shift it to any other town. If you see today, In dehradun, cultural atmosphere is going down from bad to worse. I hope people understand what I mean. Let those murders/rapes, and cultural deterioration be boxed upto these so called developed cities. In the area surrounding Rudrapur, there are murders happening almost every week. In Dehradun, I was shocked to see that pick up joints are developed. I mean where is our culture going??? Trust me, political deveopment of a region has both of pros and cons. And the kind of negative effects we are seeing, Lets not take capital to as far as Gairsain, as simutaniously this will affect the culture of the remotest cormers of our state.
( These are my personal views, and if I have hurt sentiments of some one- I say sorry)
Thanks and Regards...
Ajay Kumar Kala
09821859080