Kuthluru village in Belthangady wins national award for best adventure tourist destination
Belthangady: Kuthluru village in Belthangady taluk, Dakshina Kannada district, has been awarded the "Best Adventure Tourist Destination" National Award as part of the 2024 Best Tourist Villages Competition. This competition, organized annually by the Ministry of Tourism in celebration of World Tourism Day, recognizes villages that promote sustainable development through cultural heritage and tourism.
The award-winning entry for Kuthluru was created by Naravi residents Harish D. Salyan, Shivraj, and Sandeep Pujari, who produced a documentary highlighting the village’s tourist attractions, natural beauty, and environmental features. After multiple rounds of evaluation, Kuthluru was selected as the top adventure tourism destination.
The award ceremony will be held on September 27 at Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi, where Harish D. Salyan and Shivraj will receive the award. The event will be attended by prominent dignitaries, including Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Leopard spotted in Bengaluru's Electronic city captured
Bengaluru, Sept 25: A four-year-old male leopard was caught in a trap in Electronic city area here, over a week after it was spotted roaming in the tech hub, forest officials said on Wednesday.
After a CCTV footage of the leopard crossing a flyover near a toll plaza went viral, the residents of Electronic city were put on high alert. Ever since the animal was spotted, the forest officials were on toes trying to capture the big elusive cat.
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"We laid a trap for the past four to five days. However, it did not fall into it. Since two days, we had erected 'Tumkur trap cage' (which is like a big enclosure) so, leopard would walk in with its big tail inside the cage and get trapped inside the big enclosure. That is how we caught the leopard on Tuesday night," Deputy Conservator of Forest (DCF), Bengaluru Urban Ravindra Kumar told PTI.
According to officials, the leopard was caught in an open area in Electronic city, where the trap was laid.
The leopard is healthy and has been shifted to Bannerghatta Biological Park from where it will be released later.
#Karnataka: A week after a male leopard was spotted roaming around Electronic City, the #Bengaluru’s Forest officials managed to catch the elusive wild cat in the morning hours on Wednesday.
— South First (@TheSouthfirst) September 25, 2024
The leopard was trapped in a cage that was set up for the forest officials to catch it… pic.twitter.com/E0BpdL0hmQ
