The place is just 42kms away from Srinagar, it's a beautiful place
with carpet like meadows and A flowing river resounds with soft wind passing
through the pine trees of the enclosures of the valley. It is also called as a
VALLEY OF MILK because it produces rich milk in a large quantity It is said
that the cattle grazing in the meadows of Doodpathri, produces rich milk in
large quantity , this reason it is called the valley of milk Doodhpathri.
The shepherds from different areas travel to this place along with
their cattles and stay there for days together. This area also connected to
Gurez valley on its north. The place Doodhpathri has not been fully explored or
one can say that not many tourists come there because of the terrible road
which goes from Khan Sahab to Doodhpathri.
A local newspaper had published a photograph of Doodhpathri which
showed the merciless chopping of trees and the bad condition of the road. One
of the officials reacting just after seeing the photograph in the newspaper
wrote back to the newspaper the heading of the reply that was published just
the day after the photograph was published was "Felling trees at
Dodhpathri and the clarification thereof".
The official had written that the road construction from Khansaheb
Reyar Doodpathri has been undertaken under CRT (Central Road Funding) project
and an amount of Rs. 1.20 crores as compensation was given to the Forest dept.
by the R&B Department, and also it was felt that some trees were to be
chopped down in order to complete the road widening.
One understands that the trees which would come in the way of road
widening were to be chopped down but what about the trees which are far away
from the road, why are they chopped down? If the compensation has been given to
the Forest Department why are they not replanting the trees or are they waiting
for some natural disaster to wake them up? Are the concerned authorities making
a check over the smuggling which is happening even in broad daylight? What for
are they (the concerned authorities)? Have they forgotten the responsibility
that they have on their shoulders ? All these question have to be answered
someday or the other.
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