Srinagar, June 28 -- Acting strictly against the rising menace of illegal off-roading, including cases of tourists driving cars in the ecologically sensitive lakes and river streams in Ladakh, the Ladakh administration, for the first time, began prosecuting and imposing hefty penalties on erring drivers, officials said.
One of the offenders drove a Mahindra Thar into the waters of the Pangong Lake.
On June 26, the Wildlife Department of Ladakh imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 each on four vehicles that were found violating the provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act.
The offending vehicle owners from Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh were penalised for driving their cars illegally into the Pangong Lake and other pr...