Don't overlook this star attraction!

Being resident of the Doon for over forty years I have seen horse-drawn carriage tongas or “tangas” were once very effective form of transport in the Doon Valley. Prior to Dehradun being made the capital of Uttarakhand their routes had shrinked to just between Tehsil chowk and Dalanwala. However after Dehradun turning into Uttarakhand’s capital this mode of transport has vanished into the blue at the hands of urbanisation.

There is an urgent need to preserve our heritage, least our coming generation will only see in pictures what a horse tonga looked like leave aside their knowing what a typical and joyful experience one has riding on a horse tonga. They are fun to ride in! Urbanization should not kill our heritage! 

The picture below shows a typical Indian horse tonga on Dehradun road some year back.

When Europe and Canada and many other developed countries have horse driven carriage (Horse Tongas) for tourists as part of their tourism there was no need to phase them out from the Doon Valley whose geographical terrain are most suited to this mode of transport. Infact in all tourist places of Uttarakhand Horse tongas should be brought back. So many funky things are being tried to promote tourism but the government is overseeing something which can be a star attraction both among the rich and the ordinary class of people if brought back on the streets with some glamour. It can also be a good revenue earner for the tourism department and a means of livelihood for many. Uttarakhand Government should seriously think on this and revive the horse tonga's in the Doon.

Picture below shows horse tonga's with tourists in the midst of today's hi-tech cars on a Canadian street. When these advanced countries can do it why not India? There is a need to think out of box!

Well the picture below is on the lighter side. I do not mean this when I wrote in the lines above that the State government should add some glamour to horse tongas in their revival in the town!

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