Kali tiger reserve: Forest dept accused of felling trees for new safari road

Forest Department officials are accused of employing earthmoving machines to uproot hundreds of trees in the core area of Kulgi range in Kali Tiger Reserve (KTR) of Uttara Kannada district for creating a new ‘safari road’.

According to Kali Brigade members Ravi Redkar and Girish Patil, the forest department officials have employed the heavy machines for the last two-three days. “The officials have already cleared trees, including 20-30-year-old trees, inside the core area of the Kali Tiger Reserve near Dandeli,” they said and added that the forest officials have violated all the possible rules in the books for laying of this safari road.