Four tourists have been fined a total of Rs 2 lakh for illegal off-roading inside some of Ladakh's most sensitive protected wildlife zones, in what authorities are calling a first-of-its-kind enforcement action in the region.
The vehicle owners, from Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Chandigarh, each paid Rs 50,000 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Their vehicles were impounded on the spot and returned only after the penalties were cleared on Sunday.
