Every paisa of the Rs 5-cr corpus will be spent on restoring rocks

And, who is responsible for neglecting the ecology? As environment minister, I have to seek the minutest details about the damage caused.

Responsibility will be fixed, strong action against those found to be responsible for dereliction of duty and carelessness will be initiated.

Every offender will face legal action. No one will be spared. It’s not only Pepsi and Coke and Malhotra Book Depot that are involved, but many more have violated the law. Not only have the faces of the rocks been painted with advertisements, but even the green trees have been damaged.

Unscrupulous elements have used trees to hang billboards hawking their wares. We have sufficient laws to protect the environment and deal with those who cause damage to it. What’s needed is strong will to enforce these laws with an iron hand.

I shall ensure that every single paisa that Himachal Pradesh gets from the Rs 5 crore corpus will be spent on restoring the ecology disturbed by the painting of advertisements and for protecting the environment.