Nagpur: With the state government using partial locking because of Spurt in the case of Covid-19, especially the Omicron variant, all wildlife parks and safari have released orders closer to further notice.
However, fans of wildlife slammed the closure of the park when most businesses such as restaurants, gym etc.
have been allowed to limit.
Field Director Tatr Jitendra Ramagaonkar said, “Tadoba Buffer and the core zone will be closed from Tuesday.
When tourists arrive, Monday night will be the last safari.
We have also closed the booking online.
There is no remaining scope now.” Ramanujam RM, Director The NNTR field holds additional costs of pH and drill, “taking knowing the surge in Covid cases, various directions issued by the government including the closure of wildlife parks.
Therefore, until further notice, PENH, BOR, UMRED-KARHANDLA will still be closed from 11 January.
“PERH Deputy Conservator (DYCF) Prabhu Nath Shukla said,” The two-day meeting proposed from all the wilderness of the honorary wildlife scheduled for January 14-15 in PenH has also been postponed.
” Gorewada Division Manager Pramod Panchbhai said the three tourist attractions under Gorewada – The Nature Trail, Jungle Safari, and International Safari – will be closed from Monday.
“Only 31 seats booked online for safari from January 11 and so on.
These tourists will get a refund,” he added.
However, the decision to really close wildlife Safaris has left tourists, guides and resort owners, and other stakeholders.
“This is a copy-copy order that was released without giving the second thought,” said the lover of the Wildlife Wildlife Upper up.
“Does it make sense to close tourism when local trains, markets, religious places, malls, weddings, public transportation has remained open with limits? Tourism can also continue with limited capacity,” said Naturalist Himanshu Bagde.
“We have tampered badly during the first and second covid waves.
Somehow we came to the requirements with economic losses but the state locked the wildlife park again.
Wildlife tourism is safer than malls and marriages,” said Vinod Uikey, a guide from Kolara.
Pravin Jambhule’s guide said, “The government has taken our work again.
Now it must give us an alternative job in the Ministry of Forestry or pay for honorarium.
Not only guides but a small vendor who earns a living by running small restaurants for tourists will also suffer.
Even if not , this work is only available for eight months.
“” Wildlife tourism was carried out in open gipsys with all precautions, while the wedding function was held in a closed hall where the opportunity spread more viruses.
In addition, managing local staff during the closing period and restarted operations The resort involves a big cost.
Covid is here to stay, and we have to live with it safely, why cripple the local economy? “said Nikhil Abhyankar, a resort owner.
Wildlife Photographers based in Hyderabad Sanjeev Siva said, “Two previous locking hit the livelihoods of hard stakeholders.
Now one shutdown will encourage them to the edge of the abyss.
While the state government throughout the country allows people who are vaccinated, why parks must Closed? Open at least 50% carrying capacity.
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