Religious people angry with forest department

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22-11-2007

Religious people angry with forest department

Gujarat Samachar (Briefly Translate from Gujarati)

 

This time every year lacs of religious people travel around the foot of Girnar

Hill (called as Parikrama). The route of this track passes through the Girnar

forest. About 18 – 20 Asiatic lions reside in this Girnar forest. There are many

religious Trusts and NGOs who put up camps along the tracks and provide the

devotees with free food and water. Till last year forest department allowed such

NGOs to collect dry wood for fire to cook the food. But this year forest

department has denied use of the wood.

Due to this NGOs have to bring wood on camel backs from distant city of

Junagadh.

 

Kishore Kotecha’s comment: I appreciate such a bold step by forest department.

In fact such tracks should be moved outside the forest. Most of these so-called

devotees do not behave themselves while tracking.

 

 

 

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To save the Honour of Gujrat The Gujrat Govt. should take more such steps to

protect and Preserve the Lions...........

sandeep K Jain

Hon.Wildlife Warden,Punjab

 

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 Kishore Kotecha wrote :

>22-11-2007

> Religious people angry with forest department

> Gujarat Samachar (Briefly Translate from Gujarati)

>

> This time every year lacs of religious people travel around the foot of

Girnar Hill (called as Parikrama). The route of this track passes through the

Girnar forest. About 18 – 20 Asiatic lions reside in this Girnar forest. There

are many religious Trusts and NGOs who put up camps along the tracks and provide

the devotees with free food and water. Till last year forest department allowed

such NGOs to collect dry wood for fire to cook the food. But this year forest

department has denied use of the wood.

> Due to this NGOs have to bring wood on camel backs from distant city of

Junagadh.

>

> Kishore Kotecha’s comment: I appreciate such a bold step by forest

department. In fact such tracks should be moved outside the forest. Most of

these so-called devotees do not behave themselves while tracking.

>

>

>

> Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here to know how.

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