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A protestation and counter-protest against the government’s determination to licence safaris to resume successful the forests created tense moments astatine Bandipur adjacent present connected Thursday.
While a radical of farmers led by Honnur Prakash held a objection against the government’s determination to let jungle safaris, different radical comprising locals, including employees of location stays and resorts, besides held a objection demanding support for safaris.
Representatives of the demonstrators seeking support for safaris said respective locals employed successful the resorts and homestays had not been paid their salaries for the past 3 months. Many others said section businesses, including roadside coconut sellers and beverage shops, too, had suffered a dip successful their net arsenic tourists and different visitors had stopped visiting the forests.
The police, which had been deployed successful ample numbers, prevented a confrontation betwixt the 2 groups by taking them into preventive custody.
