JD (S) leader urges govt. to lift ban on safari

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JD(S) person S.R. Mahesh connected Wednesday urged the authorities to instantly assistance the prohibition connected safaris successful the wood areas arsenic the determination had earnestly impacted the livelihood of radical babelike connected tourism industry.

Speaking to reporters astatine a property league successful Mysuru, Mr. Mahesh, who is besides a erstwhile Tourism Minister, said thousands of radical successful Mysuru are babelike connected the tourism industry. The prohibition connected safaris has already deed the tourism manufacture hard, helium said.

A ample fig of radical including employees of impermanent houses, hotels, guides, taxi drivers and others are uncovering their sources of livelihood snatched aft the authorities banned safaris.

Though helium expressed sympathy for the farmers surviving successful the periphery of the forests, who were attacked by the chaotic animals, Mr. Mahesh contended that the animals were not coming retired of the forests owed to safaris. “When we spell connected safaris, sometimes we ne'er show chaotic animals and tigers passim the day,” helium said.

Contending that banning safaris was not a solution to forestall chaotic animals coming retired of the forests, Mr. Mahesh said the authorities should sermon the contented with taxable experts connected chaotic beingness and environmentalists to travel up with solutions to support the beingness and spot of the farmers residing connected the periphery of the forests.

Published - November 19, 2025 07:50 p.m. IST

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