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| The dried up Kuntala waterfall |
The
Kuntala waterfall has run dry- and with it, the enthusiasm of the tourists who
have been thronging there in large numbers only to turn away disappointed.
Most of the
devotees who visited Basar temple on the occasion of Vasantha Panchami are also
visiting Kuntala waterfall but returned with disappointment.
Sama Shiva
of Vijayawada was one of them, who said that it would be have been helpful if
the Tourism department had put out an advisory or notice, informing the people accordingly
as locals at Basar had misinformed him, other tourists too felt that there was
a need for signboards, carrying full details about the waterfall, the best time
to visit and warnings against going into the deep or onto slippery spots.
“But it has dried earlier than usual this year
due to successive drought conditions” which was generally goes dry by April
ending, said Sharada , manager of a hotel near the waterfall .
She surmised that
this was why tourists from districts from the district were staying away while
those from other states had been coming expectantly.
The
streams and rivulets which flow into Kuntala waterfall have dried perhaps due
to high temperatures, say locals, the water usually disappearing by the end of April.
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