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…
This tigress found in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, which is fondly called ‘Sundari’ (the Beautiful), is now seizing the status of ‘celebrity’ which once belonged to Prince, the most photographed legendary tiger of Bandipur and a darling of tourists, which died in April 2017. This tigress crossing Bandipur-Ooty Main Road recently was captured by a SOM…
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…
Like charity begins at home, sharing too begins at home. These primates seem to understand this very well and the family head — Mother — shares a Thotapuri mango as other members of the family wait patiently for their turn as they are very sure of getting a bite or two. This family moment was…
Chamarajanagar: Commemorating World Environment Day celebrations, Vana Mahotsava programme was organised by the Forest Department across all the Forest Ranges coming under Bandipur Tiger Reserve on June 5. At Bandipur campus ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ being this year’s theme of World Environment Day, the Department officials and staff, in association with the volunteers of ISHA Foundation,…
Gundlupet: Following reports from the laboratory that the two tigers which were found dead in Bandipur were poisoned by a mixture of chemicals; the Forest authorities have formed a team, which has conducted investigations and based on a tip off they are in the process of nabbing the accused. It may be recalled that on…
Gundlupet: There was welcome showers in Bandipur and other places bordering the forest yesterday, thus bringing slight relief to the people and animals. It has rained in several places including Bandipur, Gopalaswamy Betta, Devarahalli, Kadligowdanahalli and Gopalapura villages. As it has rained in Bandipur, the forest staff have heaved a sigh of relief because the…
Gundlupet: Accusing the Kerala Government of relentlessly lobbying for re-opening of night traffic on the National Highway passing through the dense Bandipur Reserve Forest, former MLA and Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj staged a demonstration by blocking the Highway for nearly an hour yesterday. Addressing protesters, Vatal Nagaraj said that Karnataka has many thick forests such…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has conveyed to the Kerala Government that it was not possible to open the road between Mysuru and Kerala via the Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Nagarahole National Park at night. At present, there is a ban on night traffic on NH-212 that connects Karnataka to Kerala via Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar and…
Bengaluru: Senior Forest Department officers from Kerala are meeting their counterparts in Bengaluru today to discuss the opening of night traffic from Mysuru to Kerala via Bandipur. They are also discussing the proposal to construct an underground tunnel on the stretch to facilitate the movement of traffic. The meeting began at 11.30 am at Aranya…
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