Greens Worry Over High Number of Proposals for Homestays in Bandipur

WITH the increase in tourist footfall to Bandipur National Park and a growing demand for accommodation, there are many proposals to set up homestays in the woods in recent times.

- K SHIVA KUMAR @Mysuru

Many people who own land in Mangala panchayat falling in Bandipur, have submitted more than two dozen applications seeking no-objection certificates for the construction of homestays, and a few others have applied for regularisation of unauthorised structures.

Though there are quite a few resorts operated by the government and private players over the years, and Bandipur is registering maximum carrying capacity, greens and the forest department have strongly opposed opening of homestays and construction of resorts as the tiger population has decreased.