Sir, On some stretches of National Highway (NH) 67 passing through Bandipur and Mudumalai forests, the authorities have fixed road humps. It is strange to note that the humps within Karnataka State are very badly constructed and maintained. Many of the humps are without white stripes and caution boards. But the road humps in Tamil…
A 12-year-old Tiger was found dead in the Kundkere Range of Bandipur National Park yesterday. The Forest authorities said that the tiger might have died of natural causes. The officials said that the Tiger had no traces of wounds and added that the post mortem revealed that it had not consumed anything. Samples of the…
The Chamarajanagar Revenue Department yesterday took over the land in Mangala village near Bandipur Tiger Reserve on which former BJP MLC G. Madhusudan and others had set up a resort and demolished the structures built on it. Madhusudan and others had constructed a resort “Tiger Ranch” on the land that borders the Tiger Reserve. Revenue…
G.Madhusudan to approach High Court Nearly 30 acres of land near Bandipur purchased over 20 years ago by the former BJP MLC G. Madhusudan and others has now been declared as being acquired illegally by Mysuru Regional Commissioner and the Officer has issued an order to confiscate the property. The land is situated near Mangala…
A probe team led by Forest Department Under-Secretary Ravikumar, visited Bandipur Tiger Reserve where thousands of acres of forest was destroyed by fire which is said to be man-made. The probe team visited Kalkere, Gundre, Moleyuru, N. Begur and Moolehole ranges and inspected the places. The team was accompanied by Bandipur Project Tiger Director T….
A truck which broke down inside the Bandipur National Park was damaged by a herd of wild elephants on Monday night. After damaging the truck, the elephants feasted on the food items that were kept inside the vehicle. The vehicle (KA-25 B-5444) was transporting beds and mattresses from Bengaluru to Thalassery in Kerala via Gundlupet,…
A team from Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrived in Bandipur National Park this morning to probe the recent forest fires. Forest Department sources told Star of Mysore that a team of eight to nine members arrived at Bandipur from Bengaluru and headed straight to N. Begur Range where the first fire was reported. Thousands…
Nagarahole too receives rain Light to moderate showers being received in Bandipur Reserve Forest since Saturday has brought some relief in parts of the forest which was ravaged by fire recently. Forest officials, who are heaving a sigh of relief, are hoping that there would be more rains in the next few days. As heavy…
Bandipur forests, which witnessed massive loss of vegetation in the recent forest fires, received first rainfall of the year yesterday, much to the delight of the Forest Department, which had to battle a series of forest fires in recent days. The rainfall also brought down the soaring temperature in the forest region. Mudumalai and Masinagudi…
Amidst raging fire at Bandipur National Park, here is some visual relief. A peacock sits on a fallen tree trunk amidst burnt dry grass, captured by Star of Mysore photographer M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav in Bandipur.
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