Horse forced to smoke weed during trek to Kedarnath Temple
Dehradun: A disturbing video from Uttarakhand has surfaced on social media, where two men are seen forcing a horse to smoke weed during a trek at Kedarnath. The inhumane act has gained widespread criticism along with several requests to officials to take urgent action.
The two horse operators can be seen holding the horse’s mouth closed so that they can insert a joint into its nostril. After the men forced the horse to smoke, they repeated the action again. A Twitter user suggested that this is usually done by mule/horse owners to make the animal work more.
The Uttarakhand Police on Friday shared that a legal action is being taken against the concerned horse operator. “ A total of 14 cases have been registered so far in relation to cruelty to equine animals,” they tweeted. The police further appealed to the public that such incidents should immediately be reported for quick action.
Several people raised concerns against this heinous act and shed light on the plight of animals under the name of tourism and transportation. A person shared that we must stand together against animal cruelty. “This barbarity has to stop in Dev bhoomi, limit the number of tourists,” tweeted another user.
#Uttrakhand Some people are making a horse smoke weed forcefully at the trek of Kedarnath temple.@uttarakhandcops @DehradunPolice @RudraprayagPol @AshokKumar_IPS
— Himanshi Mehra 🔱 (@manshi_mehra_) June 23, 2023
should look into this matter and find the culprit behind thispic.twitter.com/yyX1BNMiLk
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West Asia war: Vessel carrying 20,000 tonnes of LPG reaches Gujarat crossing Strait of Hormuz
Kandla (Gujarat) (PTI): A vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla in Gujarat after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, officials said on Sunday.
The Marshall Islands-flagged MV SYMI started its journey from Qatar and docked at the port in Kandla around 11.30 pm on Saturday after crossing the Strait of Hormuz on May 13, they added.
Since early March, 13 India-flagged vessels, comprising 12 LPG tankers and one crude oil tanker, have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway close to the coast of Oman through which roughly one-fifth of the world's energy supplies pass.
It has been severely disrupted by the conflict in West Asia that started on February 28, with the US and Israel launching joint attacks on Iran, triggering retaliatory strikes. It has resulted in one of the worst energy crisis the world has seen in recent decades.
Incidentally, at a special meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) on safeguarding energy and supply flows, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish said targeting commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is "unacceptable".
On May 13, an India-flagged commercial vessel came under attack off the coast of Oman.
Omani authorities rescued all 14 crew members of the vessel sailing from Somalia, but it was not immediately known who carried out the strike.
