Udhagamandalam: Even as the Mudumalai-Bandipur road across the Nilgiris-Karnataka border continues to be in the news on account of the ban imposed recently on vehicular movement during night to protect wild animals, an incident on Monday has brought into sharp focus the threat posed by speeding vehicles to wildlife.
The recent orders of the High Court upholding the ban on Bandipur stretch may have championed the cause of wildlife conservation, but it it has caused concern among vegetable growers and traders, who mainly depend on markets in TN and Kerala.
Even as the State Government dithers over implementing a night ban on movement of vehicles on the national highways passing through Bandipur forests, a traffic research firm in Bangalore has sought a complete ban on vehicular movement in the forests if any meaningful progress is to be made for wildlife conservation.
The High Court on Monday has refused to lift the ban on vehicular movement during night within Bandipur national park, NH-67 (Bandipur- Mudhumalai) and NH-212, (Bandipur- Wyanad ) stretch.
The much-publicised ban on movement of vehicles on two highways, which passes through the Bandipur National Park, did not come into effect as the forest authorities decided to adopt a
