Vehicles continue to ply on Mandarmani beach near Digha despite ban

The East Midnapore administration had banned vehicles from plying on the Mandarmani beach near Digha. The ban had been imposed in August last year by the then district magistrate because a tourist had lost his life in an accident during parasailing - this sport involves the use of jeeps.
But, from March this year, vehicles have started to ply and are taking tourists on a ride along the beach or ferrying them to the resorts that line the seaside. Every year, nearly 5 lakh tourists visit Mandarmani.
his has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 9 August 2016.

This is attributed to slackness in policing. It seems earlier vehicles had no option but to ply on the beach because there was no road to the hotels and resorts. However, a road has now been constructed a road and motorists should make use of it. The problem is that many of the resorts had their entrances facing the beach, hence tourists had no alternative but to go along the beach.
It may be recalled that on August 4 last year, the ban was imposed on vehicles on the beach since they posed a threat to tourists and the red crabs.


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