An online ticket booking portal to allow people to buy tickets for all modes of travel across Karnataka will be launched on October 3.
Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre will launch a portal, which will allow people to buy tickets for all trekking routes in Karnataka from a single website.
After thousands of trekkers visited the Kumara Parvatha in the Pushpagiri forest on January 26 and January 27, the government has imposed a temporary closure of the trekking routes that do not have an online booking system.
On October 2, Mr. Khandre announced that the tour activities, which were temporarily suspended due to the large number of visitors to Kumara Parvatha on January 26 and 27, would resume from October 3.
“To control the number of pedestrians, only a limited number will be allowed on the footpaths,” said Mr Khandre after participating in a wildlife conservation drive, organized by the Forest Department as part of the 70th Wildlife Week, from Cubbon Park to Lalbagh. .
This year’s theme for wildlife conservation is Coexistence with Wildlife.
The MEC also said that since the number of wild animals is increasing and forest areas continue to decrease, it is important that people living on the edge of forests coexist with wild animals. While 33% of the land is supposed to be covered by forests, in Karnataka the forest cover is only 22%.
Since assuming office, the Minister has cleared thousands of hectares of forest land that has been encroached upon for years. Recently, 10,000 hectares were declared as forest, expanding the forest area in Karnataka.
Filmmaker Rishab Shetty, who participated in the trip, said that his films have messages of coexistence, and it is everyone’s responsibility to protect forests, their wealth, and wildlife.
Published – October 02, 2024 12:04 pm IST