The forest officials at Bandipur National park refused to take room bookings at the forest department rooms located around the bandipur safari booking office within the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in order to control crowd on new year eve 2019.
All private resorts in Bandipur as well as guest houses wear requested to go in for music free calm new year celebrations.
The sound of the jungle especially the calls of cicadas, night jar, deer calls,Owls etc would be the perfect music for the new year eve celebrations in Bandipur jungle resorts.
A perfect way to enjoy the wilderness at its best.
Most resorts in Bandipur opted to celebrate new year with a mid night cake cutting event.
Fire crackers were a strict no.
Most tourists obeyed the rules laid by the forest department and strictly went for calm noise free new year celebrations.
All National parks must stick to such norms to provide a better environment to the wildlife.
Along with party music the forest department should also take measures on controlling noise pollution caused by passing vehicles, loud speakers put up in religious ceremonies .
If the management of Bandipur resorts and the forest department come together controlling noise pollution will become easy.