
The Trust Movement of the United Conservation Movement (UCM) warned the authorities that the release of night traffic through Bandipur will open a flood for illegal activities.
The UCM Trust submitted the Memorandum to the authorities of the Forest Department on Sunday and expressed its strong opposition to the alleged attempts to raise the highest courtyard ban on the National Highway 766, which passes through the core of Bandipur.
The Memorandum, addressed by the director of Bandipur Tiger Reserve and the Forest conservator, said that the highway 766 was passing through the Tiger reserve became a wild game cemetery before the introduction of night operation.
The memorandum, which quoted statistics, pointed out that between 2004 and 2007 it witnessed a highway stunning number of deaths of wild animals, which included 91 mammals from 14 species, 75 birds out of 18 species and 56 reptiles out of 16 species that were killed by vehicles. “This number exceeded poaching statistics over the same period,” the memorandum noted.
However, after enforcing the night ban, Roadkill incidents reportedly dropped by more than 90%, according to UCM Trust, only nine between 2022 and 2024.
The memorandum stressed that animals such as elephants, tigers, leopards, Dholes, Civet cats and deer became the victims of vehicles. In one tragic incident, unborn elephants died when his mother was fatally affected by a truck, he added.
The Memorandum pointed to a recent increase in sacking activities across the state borders behind Bandipur and said they focused on seeing Deer, Sambar and Gaur. In the event of a night -time ban on operation, it would make it easier for poaching, illegal transport of smugglers and floods would be open for illegal activities, the memorandum added.
The UCM Trust further claimed that the continuing protection of the motorway corridor is essential to reduce the conflict of human animals in the marginal tallows of Nanjangud and Gundlupet.
Published – April 6, 2025 17:47