Lakshadweep Fears for its Nature as Government Proposes Major Changes
Residents of Lakshadweep held placards outside their homes, even underwater, as part of a 12-hour hunger strike today to protest against controversial new rules planned for the islands in the Arabian Sea.
As per a report published on NDTV, the residents protested from their own homes and shops against new decisions that administrator Praful Khoda Patel insists will help develop Lakshadweep as a major tourist draw "like the Maldives."
Critics say the decisions have spread anger and fear in the pristine archipelago of 70,000 people, known for its forests, white beaches, and emerald sea.
In one of the most fiercely opposed decisions, the administrator has introduced a draft detention law -- the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities -- which gives the administration sweeping powers to ...







