Night safari has always been on a tourist’s places-to-exp♓lore list. However, not anymore. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked the Madhya Pradesh government to put a stop to night safaris in tiger reserves. As per the media reports, the NTCA wrote a letter to the s🎉tate forest department to stop the night safaris as it causes trouble to the wildlife.
Accord๊ing to media reports, NTCA says that night safari causes noise in the wildlife area. The animals are awakened by the lights of the vehicles. These put the animals under stress as they ar๊e used to the natural light.
However, the MP forest department did not agree with the decision. Instead, they came up with an explanation as to how this nig💎ht safari helped in boosting tourism in the region and the night safari was not carried out in the core areas but in buffer, non-harm𒈔ful zones.
These safari rides follow the government’s ‘buffer mein saffer’ initiative. The main aim is to reduce the pressure on the core areas by promoting buffer zones. Under this scheme, the night safari is conducted from 7 pm to 9 pm💫 or 10 pm. Along with this, only a limited number of vehicles have been assigned to carry out night safari and only in the allotted buffer area.
The night safari was started in 2021 in three national parks – Bandhavgarh National Park, Kanha National Park and Pench National Park. Tourists were in to see beautiful animals on a quiet night. For wildlife enthusiasts, this night s🌜afari was a treat. People were able to witness the majestic animals in their own natural habita༺t. The routes of the night safari were done in a way which did not harm the animals or the visitors.
According to media reports, a senior officer said,” The night safari is more of a late evening safari, it hardly makes any differ🍸ence. We are averse to NTCA’s order fo𒁏r the ban.”
In 2021, NTCA passed an order to close tourism activities in tiger reserves, national parks and sanctuar꧟ies. This was passed due to the death of a lioness in Chennai’s zoo due to the coronavirus infection.
