Diwakar Pyakurel
April 6, 2021
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Tourists on elephant safari in Chitwan National Park, Nepal [Image by: Sergi Reboredo / Alamy]
Facing a tourism slump due to the Covid-19 pandemic, elephant ride operators around Nepal’s Chitwan National Park are selling their animals to India in defiance of laws.
Padam does not remember when he began keeping elephants at his hotel. But he says that guests used to pay well for elephant rides in the community forests outside Nepal’s famous Chitwan National Park.
Padam’s two elephants were kept busy from dawn to dusk until March 2020. But as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic restricted travel worldwide, one of Nepal’s most popular tourist sites was largely deserted. Although the Nepali government has now lifted most travel restrictions, Chitwan hoteliers like Padam are still faced with less than 50% occupancy.
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Fears of Nepal s rhinos migrating to India add to challenges in their conservation Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, March 14 Nepal s one-horned rhino conservation faces yet another challenge.
The latest is that many of the vulnerable species from Chitwan National Park, which shelters the country s largest rhino population, could possibly migrate across the border to India and authorities fear that they may be stranded there. With the rhino population highly congregated in the western part of the park, we have realised that those rhinos could go to the Indian side, Ananath Baral, the chief conservation officer in Chitwan, told the Post. Once they go to the Indian side, that will lead to other problems in bringing them back.
Indiaâs âFastestâ Highway â Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg Between Nagpur And Shirdi â To Open In Three MonthsÂ
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Conceptualized in the year 2015, the work on the Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg began in January 2019 and is expected to be opened for public use in the next three months, reports
Financial Express.
The Mahamarg constitutes a 502 km stretch between Nagpur and Shirdi, passing through 10 districts of the state.
Reportedly, the new highway begins in a small village, Shivmadka in Hingna tehsil located at a distance of 23 km away from Nagpur. It currently serves as the outer bypass to the city.
The high-speed corridor is 701 km-long and 120-m broad, and is designed for a top speed of 150 km per hour.