Bandipur Tiger Reserve: K'taka to file affidavit in SC on night traffic ban

The Karnataka forest department is collating data for the State government, which is keen to file a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court on alternative solutions against the ban on movement of vehicles during night hours through Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR) on National Highway-212 (also called NH-766).

- BOSKY KHANNA @Bengaluru

"We don't want the ban order issued by Supreme Court to be revoked. There is a lot of pressure from the government to lift it or find alternative solutions. One of the alternatives we are thinking of is whether the number of vehicles plying through the reserve could be increased," department sources told TNIE.

As per the Supreme Court and Karnataka High Court orders, only four vehicles from Karnataka and Kerala are permitted to ply through NH-766 from 9pm to 6am. This is apart from emergency vehicles.