The auspicious day of Navratri Sthapna brings a good news for tiger enthusiasts, tourists and travel industry in Rajasthan and other states of India.
Supreme Court today allowed tourism in at least 20 per cent of what is known as core areas of tiger sanctuaries. The top court said that states will have to adhere to guidelines issued by Centre on tiger tourism and conservation.
In July, the Supreme Court had banned tourism in core areas of all 41 tiger reserves in the country based on an existing policy of the Centre.
Various state governments argued that the stay should be lifted because it is hurting the economy of the states with the tourist season beginning on October 1. Under pressure from various state governments, the Centre had approached the top court for lifting the ban partially.
The Centre had filed an affidavit in the court asking for the ban to be lifted on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves. In the affidavit, the Centre had outlined the revised guidelines to protect the tiger population.
The guidelines presented to the court talked about the phasing out of permanent tourist facilities located inside the core areas of the reserve in a specified time frame.
Please find below the new guidelines to visit Ranthambhore National Parkissued by the park management:-
1.Till last season online booking was available for the entire season but now as per new rules of forest department Online Booking can be made 90 days before date of visit for 15 Jeeps and 15 Canters per safari.
2.At the time of booking, ID Proof like number/type etc provided should be complete & correct and same as in original Id proof. Bookings with incomplete or incorrect ID proof will be considered invalid. No boarding pass will be issued against such booking and no refund will be made to the person making such bookings by forest department therefore it is requested to you that kindly send us the bookings with complete Id details.
3.At the time of issuing boarding pass, presenting the original ID (Same given during advance online booking) is compulsory, without the original ID, no boarding pass will be issued.
4.Similarly, at the time of current booking, the boarding pass will be issued on presentation of original ID only.
5.Any Reserved seats in any type of safari vehicle cannot be resold / exchanged with any other visitor.
6.The ID Proof details like number/type etc mention during booking should be complete & correct and same as in your original ID Proof, since it is mandatory to be reproduced the same ID Proof at counter for collection of boarding pass. Booking made by incomplete/incorrect detail of ID-Proof will be treated as invalid.
7.In case if the details filled while making online booking and in original don't match, department will not issue any boarding pass for such reservation, No refund will be made against such booking and no fresh seats will be issued to the persons against the cancellation of the booking, those cancelled seats will be booked and issued to the persons standing in the queue at the current booking counter.
Finally, the Ranthambore, Sariska and other National Parks would be open for the tourists to once again enjoy the Forest Safaris!! Start your bookings….!!
