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Forest dept plans five national parks Wildlife sanctuaries to be set up in Punjab by 2024 LAHORE: Punjab Forest Department has decided to launch work on the creation of five new national parks in the province during the coming financial year. Allocations for the projects are reportedly included in the provincial budget proposals. The establishment of the five new national parks under the Green Pakistan Programme of the prime minister and chief minister of Punjab is estimated to cost Rs978.78 million. The creation of new parks in addition to the normal expenditure of the department and ongoing...

Wildlife at enchanting Kanha | A photologue Whenever i think of Kanha, its always the brilliant landscapes soaked in the winter mist and golden light that comes to my mind. I never think of Tigers whenever i think of Kanha. These 2 images remain forever etched in my memory which i had clicked when i made my first trip to Kanha back in Dec 2013. I had managed to sight only 1 tiger with no decent images. Since then i made one more trip in Feb 2016 which resulted in no cat sightings. This meant 1 tiger sighting in 10 safaris. I had no complaints because Kanha offers so much more than just tigers...

Class 8 Telangana boy saves neem tree from getting axed, felicitated The boy’s call to the Forest Department, on its toll-free number (1800 425 5364), led to the man being penalised Rs 62,075 as he had not applied for getting permission to cut the tree. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Express News Service HYDERABAD: Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan felicitated the Class 8 boy who shot to the limelight after alerting Forest Department officials about the axing of an old neem tree by a man in Saidabad, on Saturday. The boy’s call to the Forest Department, on its toll-f...

No guardian for these lakes No guardian for these lakes Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Feb 10, 2021, 06:00 IST Denotification slashed area of Hebbal, Nagavara lakes by half and now, BBMP doesn't want custody and even Forest Dept is reluctant to clear encroachments T he State Government’s proposal to hand over Hebbal and Nagavara lakes from the Forest Department to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP’s) Lakes Department is going to be delayed. Half of the land of these lakes were denotified for various purposes, including construction of the Ring Road, Forest Department�...

Cage set up to trap leopard after second sighting Cage set up to trap leopard after second sighting BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Jan 25, 2021, 06:00 IST Forest dept receives call at 9 am on Sunday about big cat spotting in Akshay Nagar The leopard scare continued to linger on with a few residents of Akshay Nagar claiming they had spotted the ‘elusive’ leopard on Sunday morning. Forest and police personnel who were part of the combing operation till late Saturday night had to resume the combing operation around Akshay Nagar. “After getting a call, we combed the area as there...