NEW DELHI: Extending the ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for the depleting population of the wild cats in the country.

I have been an avid wild-lifer from childhood and now, in politics, the only solace that I derive is when I am in a wildlife park.

When I first started my life with tigers 37 years ago it was as a tourist.

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Interim ban on tourism activities in reserves will continue

Even as it extended its interim order banning tourist activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for inaction on protecting the tiger population. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar extended the ban when Wasim A. Qadri, counsel for the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, drew the court’s attention to its fresh affidavit filed on Tuesday for review of the July 24 ban order.

NEW DELHI, 22 AUG: Extending a ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for the depleting population of the wild cats in the count

New Delhi: A month after the Supreme Court relied on the government’s guidelines to ban tourism in core areas of tiger reserves making popular destinations like Corbett National Park out of bounds