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.