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Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has instructed wood section officials to strictly enforce the conditions stipulated for the resumption of safaris successful Bandipur and Nagarhole forests.
Chairing a gathering of wood officials from Mysuru, Kodagu, and Chamarajanagar successful Mysuru connected Friday up of the scheduled resumption of safaris from Saturday, Mr. Khandre said an authoritative bid detailing the stipulated conditions volition apt beryllium issued by the authorities by Saturday evening.
Safaris had been suspended successful Bandipur and Nagarhole since November 2025 successful the aftermath of human-tiger struggle successful the region.
The authorities had decided to licence the deployment of lone 50% of the safari vehicles and unit that were successful usage earlier the suspension of the operations successful November 2025.
Mr. Khandre warned that the officials acrophobic volition beryllium held accountable for immoderate usurpation of the conditions stipulated successful the authorities order. The safaris should beryllium chiefly conducted utilizing buses, portion the usage of campers and jeeps should beryllium kept to a minimum. Clear orders successful this respect volition beryllium issued, helium added.
Preventing wildlife from straying retired of forests
Officials person been directed to place areas of human–wildlife struggle successful Bandipur and Nagarahole wood regions and intensify patrolling successful specified zones.
“Precautions indispensable beryllium taken to forestall wildlife from entering quality habitations and causing nonaccomplishment of beingness oregon harm to crops,” Mr. Khandre said.
A 100 km agelong on the Bandipur wood bound has been identified arsenic highly sensitive, helium said and added that 25 camps should beryllium acceptable up astatine each 5 km interval, with residents appointed arsenic “forest friends” to show wildlife movement.
He asked the wood officials to taxable proposals for facilities specified arsenic thermal drones and vehicles to beryllium submitted successful writing.
Protection of quality beingness a priority
Alongside wildlife conservation, protecting the lives of radical surviving connected wood fringes indispensable beryllium the Forest Department’s apical priority, Mr. Khandre said. Equal accent should besides beryllium fixed to safeguarding the crops of the farmers, helium added.
He said 35% of the gross generated from safari operations should beryllium allocated for the accomplishment grooming of younker successful forest-fringe villages and for supporting children’s education, too providing fodder for cattle.
Emphasising the value of enactment and co-operation of the section communities successful wood and wildlife conservation, the Minister said wood unit indispensable prosecute with locals successful a cordial manner, triumph their confidence, and impact them successful conservation efforts.
E-patrolling
Mr. Khandre besides directed the regular unit of the Forest Department to mandatorily usage the internally developed e-patrolling software.
The outsourced unit successful tiger reserves should usage the e-stripe system, helium said.
“Wildlife question should beryllium monitored done an integrated bid centre, and contiguous instructions should beryllium issued to acrophobic tract officials. Complaints and accusation received via the helpline fig 1926 indispensable beryllium responded to promptly,” helium said.
The Minister besides directed officials to instrumentality measures to forestall wood fires successful Nagarahole, Bandipur, and BRT regions during the summer. “Adequate steps indispensable besides beryllium taken to guarantee that wildlife specified arsenic tigers, leopards, and elephants bash not task retired of forests owed to deficiency of nutrient oregon h2o during the adust season,” helium added.
