MP to launch ''Patrolling the Tiger Land'' scheme for tourists

Bhopal, Aug 3 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh will launch a novel scheme "Patrolling the Tiger Land" from this October in which tourists visiting the national parks will get an opportunity to trek forest with the patrolling parties. Under the scheme, tourists will be able to trek forests along with patrolling parties in the national parks in the state so that they can have a real experience of wildlife and flora and fauna, official sources said today. The tourists national park/sanctuary will be provided with a patrolling party/trek by the range officer concerned or any other competent authority, they said, adding the tourists would be able to go into deep jungles accompanied by patrolling party. Tourists will be allowed to carry food and drinking water with them. They will have to pay vehicle entry fees as per rules apart from separate charges for trekking the forest along with the patrolling party, they said. Only four tourists will be allowed to accompany a patrolling party and they will be allowed to take rest in the camps of the forest department, officials said. Children below the age of 12 years will not be allowed under this system, they said. This arrangement will come into force from the next tourism seasonbeginning from October 16.

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