The locals and the BJP leaders here had maintained that even the local deities would not allow transferring of water from Manikaran to Kasol and maintained that if the hot baths have to be built ...

A plan to divert the natural hot spring at Manikaran - a pilgrimage site for Sikhs - to the nearby tourist destination Kasol in Himachal Pradesh has upset the local residents and sparked a row.

The distance between Manikaran and Kasol is about five kilometers. However, the local people threatened to launch an agitation against the diversion of holy water from Manikaran. "Manikaran is a ...

The opposition arose out of a proposal to divert water from Manikaran to Kasol. Manikaran is a pilgrimage site sacred for both Hindus and the Sikhs. The local people argue that to divert sacred ...