4,000 livelihoods at risk, says Karnataka Eco-Tourism Resorts Association Mysore/Mysuru: A prolonged ban on jungle safaris at Karnataka’s premier tiger reserves of Bandipur and Nagarahole has dealt a severe blow to the tourism sector, triggering mass booking cancellations at resorts and homestays and raising fears of large-scale job losses during the peak season. With December…
Chamarajanagar: A motorcycle rally (jatha), with a message ‘Say no to drugs,’ was flagged off yesterday at Bandipur in Gundlupet taluk of the district. The rally will cover a distance of 1,000-km till it concludes on Aug. 31 at Bidar. DCF (Bandipur) and Director of Bandipur Tiger Reserve, S. Prabhakaran, flagged off the rally near…
Mysuru: In the wake of reports suggesting that the Karnataka Government is revoking the night traffic ban inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, bowing to pressure from the Congress High Command, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has assured that the Central Government will take firm steps to ensure the night traffic ban through the Bandipur…
Mysuru: Public opposition to the possible lifting of the night traffic ban on NH 766 through Bandipur is gathering momentum with environmentalists, wildlife conservationists and others questioning the Government of the rationale to reconsider the original decision, which has also been upheld by the Courts. Environmentalists have planned to take out a padayatra with the…
Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar District Police have arrested four persons, who had allegedly kidnapped a couple and their kid from a resort near Bandipur yesterday and have launched a hunt to nab three others, who are absconding. The Police arrested the four abductors within 24 hours of them committing the crime and rescued Nishanth, a First Division…
Tunnel to make travel between Wayanad and Mysuru smoother New Delhi: Reviving an old proposal, the Central Government has suggested a permanent solution to the long-standing night travel ban in Bandipur with a plan to construct a tunnel through the forest area. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has directed the preparation of a…
First-of-its-kind special task initiative in India within any tiger reserve To intensify efforts against forest crimes in Karnataka’s five tiger reserves, the Forest Department has set up a Tracker Dog Squad Training Centre at Melukamanahalli in Bandipur. This pioneering initiative is the State’s first independent facility dedicated to train tracker dogs. Earlier, the State tiger…
Mysore/Mysuru: Bandipur safari bus driver was killed when a speeding bike rammed into him near the Forest Department quarters at Melukamanahalli in Bandipur yesterday night. The deceased has been identified as M.K. Anand (37), son of Mahadevappa and a resident of Kelsipura village in Gundlupet taluk. He was allotted the quarters just a month back….
Forest Ministers resolve to protect Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, spanning Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Bandipur: Minister for Forest Ecology and Environment, Eshwar B. Khandre, convened a meeting with his Kerala counterpart, A.K. Saseendran, and senior officials from Tamil Nadu to address the escalating human-wildlife conflicts in the region and strategise joint efforts to mitigate them. The…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar In the light of a rainfall deficit and persistent drought conditions, ponds, lakes and other small water bodies within the Bandipur Tiger Reserve are experiencing a notable decline in water levels, adversely affecting the resident wildlife. To address this pressing issue, authorities have activated 57 solar borewells and water is being…
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