Very well said points. Many national parks are suffering from grazing ban, Bharatpur is one. It is really Ugly. Hope forest deptt sees it. Satyendra
On 19 October 2012 14:16, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry, I have not been able to post any reply in Rajeshji's thread on > this subject. Excuse me for starting a new topic. > > I feel that the ropeway will be a blessing in many ways and a disadvatage > in some ways. > > 1. I have travelled in a similar ropeway at Auli and at many places > outside India. They take you over canopies of forests which otherwise are > never accessible. Some places even have canopy walkways to look at trees > and birds. Rich forest at Genting Highland in Thailand beautufully stands > in glory below the ropes. No doubt eating shacks and mule owners may lose > their earning but anyway they mostly come up from plains. They will find an > alternative soon. > > 2. Area surrounding walkway is more than filthy. All blame goes to people > and eating shacks. This will improve to the benefit of plant explorers. A > garbage dump from top in a valley will soon compete with surrounding > mountains. Ropeway can prevent entry of non degradable waste. > > 3. The pylons for ropeway need very little space and this will in no way > harm the flora. > > 4. Entrance to ropeway can stipulate strict action for plucking. In fact > there can be better control on Brahmakamal with the ropeway. As such we > must decry the aura around Brahmakamal. It is no way connected with > celebrated Kamal, only the outer bracts have a resemblance and the dull > inner flowers are toxic to inhale and can even cause fainting at that > altitude. These plants are surviving inspite of a local ritual when > thousands of inflorescences are plucked and worn as a crown in a festival. > Plucking a flower (surely not justified) does not destroy the plant. > > 5. The mules graze on invasive plants such as polygonum and impatiens and > several others. This keeps invasive plants under control. Their dung flows > down with frequent rain and thus the walkway remains clean. The plants get > the nutrients from the mule-dung. If due to ropeway the mules are totally > stopped Hemkund flora will surely suffer due to proliferation of invasive > plants. VOF has a ban on grazing. Since my first visit to VOF in 1997 the > invasive plants have spread by 2 kms into the valley beyond the entrance > footbridge. > > 6. Due to suuden gain of altitude of 5000 feet from G. dham the altitude > sickness at 14200 ft can become more hazardous. > > Pls permit me to post an ugly picture of Kas with flowers prisoned behind > a fence. The debacle of 2012 season is only due to enormous hue and cry > created by environmentalists and botanists (exagerated news) on how Kas > flora suffered due to tourism. Here the medicine has proved to fatal than > the decease itself. Now no one is allowed to go near flowers for preventing > plucking or trampling. Recently it was announced that except researchers no > one should visit Kas which I find absurd. My comments might bring in wrath > of some members but this is my opinion after a long careful study. I hope > we evaluate this subject more carefully. With regards, > > > > -- > > > > -- Satyendra K.Tiwari. Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Tour Leader H.NO <http://h.no/> 129, P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya. M.P. India 484-661 Park Entry fee is constantly under revision since last one year. We take no responsibility for any changes in park rules / fees. We will endaevour to let you know as soon as we know of such changes. To know more about Bandhavgarh visit following links. http://www.flickr.com/photos/satyendraphotography http://tigerdiaries.blogspot.com http://skayscamp.wetpaint.com SKAY'S CAMP is awarded QUALITY rating by Tour Operator For Tigers (TOFT). http://www.toftigers.org/accommodation/Default.aspx?id=15 Review Skay's Camp on TripAdvisor 00-91-7627-265309 or 09425331209 --
