New Delhi: Former Congress President and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, has asked the Union Government if there is a proposal to mediate and find an alternative to lift the night-time traffic ban in Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve. In an unstarred question to the Lok Sabha, which was answered yesterday, Rahul Gandhi asked if…
Mysore: The Karnataka Forest Department has written to the State Government to take disciplinary action against senior and junior Forest officials for the devastating forest fire that occurred in Bandipur National Park during February this year. The inferno had destroyed more than 3,000 hectares of fully grown forest in the ecologically sensitive Tiger Reserve that…
Mysuru: Keeping in mind the safety of people going for safari at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve and to facilitate the smooth movement of safari vehicles, the Forest Department has proposed to widen the safari routes by 20 metres from the existing 10 metres. This move is to prevent wild animals from attacking the safari vehicles…
Gundlupet/ Periyapatna: In separate incidents, the Forest Department staff have found carcasses of two tigers at Bandipur National Park, Gundlupet and at Muddanahalli Forest in Periyapatna taluk. In the first incident, the Forest staff have found the carcass of a seven-year-old tiger at Chikkanahalla area of Moolehole Range in Bandipur National Park. It is said…
Gundlupet: Officials of Forest Department have begun to levy fines on tourists who are found teasing wild animals while passing through Bandipur National Park. The Department staff are on a regular patrol on the Ooty Road and Kerala Road falling under the Project Tiger Division closely monitoring the passing vehicles of tourists. Stopping a vehicle…
Gundlupet: The year-end holiday season as part of Christmas and New Year is not only attracting tourists in large numbers to the cultural capital Mysuru but also to the nearby wildlife sanctuaries like Bandipur National Park. After good rains this year, the lush green Bandipur forests with hills and winding road and a haven for…
Enraged by the Karnataka government’s reported consent to revoke the ban on night traffic on the National Highway (NH) 766 cutting through Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar, Green activists and environmentalists have started voicing their opinions against the lifting of the night ban. The traffic is banned on the Highway from 9 pm to 6…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar & Mahesh Hanagodu Lush green, not dust and mud, is the dominant colour at Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Nagarahole National Park now, thanks to the rain that has been lashing this vast expanse of forests since the end of May this year. While the pre-monsoon showers in February provided the much-needed…
Tourists and wildlife enthusiasts had a very rare sight at Bandipur on May 31 where they spotted three leopards on a single tree. The elusive feline is not usually seen in groups and the animal is a loner and even while hunting, it is alone. While one leopard was seen eating a deer on top…
World Sparrow Day is celebrated on Mar.20 every year and yesterday it was a day to celebrate the day of the most ubiquitous bird on our planet which is one of the oldest companions of human beings. These sparrows were clicked at Bandipur National Park by city lensman G.S. Ravishankar.
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