Tiger census: Trekking banned within Kudremukha National Park for 8 days; details here
Chikkamagaluru: Trekking has been prohibited on popular peak, waterfalls, and viewpoints within the Kudremukha National Park limits for 8 days starting January 5, in view of the All India Tiger Census 2026.
According to an order issued by the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Karkala, of the Kudremukha Wildlife Division, the tiger census will be conducted from January 5 to January 12, 2026, and restrictions will remain in force at all trekking locations during this period.
To ensure the smooth conduct of the census, the Forest Department has ordered the closure of trekking destinations, including Kudremukha, Gangadikallu, Kurinjal, Valikunja Kerekatte, Netravathi, Kodachadri Malur, Kodachadri Hidlumane Waterfall, Narasimha Parvata Mallandur, Narasimha Parvata Kigga, Valikunja Karkala, and Bandaje Volambra.
In addition to trekking trails, all waterfalls within the restricted zones have also been closed to tourists and the general public. The move is aimed at preventing disruption to census operations and ensuring the safety of wildlife.
The Forest Department has appealed to tourists and trekkers not to plan visits during the restricted period. Officials have warned that strict action will be taken against violators, and forest guards will be deployed along trekking routes.
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BJP’s Nitin Nabin slams TMC over infiltration, SIR row
Kolkata (PTI): BJP president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the TMC government in West Bengal, accusing it of protecting illegal infiltrators, targeting Hindus and playing “dirty politics” to derail the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls.
Nabin alleged that there was a deliberate attempt by the TMC to turn West Bengal into Bangladesh and claimed that while the Election Commission was determined to weed out infiltrators and fake voters, the ruling party was committed to protecting them.
“The TMC government wants West Bengal to merge with Bangladesh. Under its rule, the demography of the state is being changed, posing a threat to national security,” he said.
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Dismissing the TMC’s allegation that the EC was harassing common people through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the BJP president said it was the state administration that was intimidating citizens to malign the poll panel.
“It is not the Election Commission that is harassing people. It is the TMC government’s SDOs and BDOs who are doing it to create fear and discredit the EC,” he alleged.
Nabin also accused the TMC government of being a protector of infiltrators and claimed that lawlessness had replaced governance in the state.
“Factories have been shut, and enterprises of corruption and lawlessness have been opened. Women are not safe under the TMC rule, and Hindus are being tortured,” he alleged.
Asserting that the BJP was fighting against what he described as the misrule of the TMC in West Bengal, Nabin said the party would continue efforts to curb infiltration, electoral manipulation and administrative intimidation in the state.
