Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
D. Radhakrishnan Udhagamandalam: Even as the Mudumalai-Bandipur road across the Nilgiris-Karnataka border continues to be in the news on account of the ban imposed recently on vehicular movement during night to protect wild animals, an incident on Monday has brought into sharp focus the threat posed by speeding vehicles to …
Tourist inflow fell by about 40 per cent in August, say protestors Protest: Members of the Joint Action Committee of political parties and service organisations observing a fast in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday.
The recent orders of the High Court upholding the ban on Bandipur stretch may have championed the cause of wildlife conservation, but it it has caused concern among vegetable growers and traders, who mainly depend on markets in TN and Kerala. Wholesale vegetable buyers at the RMC yard in Mysore …
Even as the State Government dithers over implementing a night ban on movement of vehicles on the national highways passing through Bandipur forests, a traffic research firm in Bangalore has sought a complete ban on vehicular movement in the forests if any meaningful progress is to be made for wildlife …
The High Court on Monday has refused to lift the ban on vehicular movement during night within Bandipur national park, NH-67 (Bandipur- Mudhumalai) and NH-212, (Bandipur- Wyanad ) stretch. Hearing the impleading applications of the Kerala Government, Kerala Road Transport Corporation and Karnataka-Kerala Travellors Forum and others, who have sought …
Kumuda H, Chamarajanagar, DHNS: The much-publicised ban on movement of vehicles on two highways, which passes through the Bandipur National Park, did not come into effect as the forest authorities decided to adopt a
The ban on vehicle movement on the two national highways passing through the Bandipur National Park will come into effect from Wednesday. This follows a direction from the Karnataka High Court. According to the order, vehicles will not be allowed on National Highway 212 (Mysore-Gundlupet-Sultan Battery) and NH 67 (Gundlupet-Ooty) …
The Karnataka High Court on Monday banned night vehicular traffic on two roads bisecting the Bandipur forest in Chamarajanagar district. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran and Justice V.G. Sabhahit passed the order on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging the action of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) …
The Bandipur-Mudumalai (Tamil Nadu) and Bandipur-Sultan Bathery (Kerala) road stretches will soon be rid of most inter-state vehicles during the night. The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued interim directions, staying a June 10 government order to withdraw the ban on vehicular movement imposed by local authorities. Vehicular movement leads …
The wildlife in Bandipur is endangered by highway traffic----- Death Count ? A tiger and an elephant ? Seven langurs, two leopards ? Six mongoose, three sloth bear ? Nineteen spotted deer, eleven sambhar, ten shikras, nine Indian hare ? Eleven bonnet macaque, six red-vented bulbul, seven jungle owlet, eight …
The High Court on Monday directed the government to file its reply to a petition challenging the lifting of ban on movement of vehicles on Bandipur-Sultan Batheri road. Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajnagar had ordered ban on movement of vehicles on June 3, and the order was withdrawn on June 10, …
BANDIPUR: A sub-committee comprising senior officials of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and other stakeholders will be constituted to study the effect of vehicle movement in the national parks in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) and to suggest steps to mitigate its impact. The authorities will conceive and adopt a
Following intervention from Kerala legislators, Karnataka government on Wednesday withdrew order banning movement of vehicles from 9 pm to 6 am on two national highways that pass through Bandipur National Park. The order was supposed to come into effect on Wednesday night. According to highly placed sources, Kerala Chief Minister …
It could have come from plants, thinks Karnataka Four wild elephants, found dead in Nanjangud, 25 km from Mysore, in November 2008, died of cyanide poisoning. Chemical analysis ordered by the Karnataka forest department has confirmed this. The deaths made the high court take notice for the first time of …
From his lookout atop an 80- foot-tall tree, Gopal could see the forests in three states burning simultaneously last fortnight. Even though fires are not unusual at this time of year in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR)
