Ranthambore Forest Department Bans Entry of More than 100 Safari Gypsies and Canters
Ranthambore National Park, Sawai Madhopur
News Update: 03-December-2018
The administration of the Ranthambore National Park has decided to ban more than 100 gypsies and canter that were operated for the wildlife safari in the park. In a document checking drive by the forest officials of Ranthambore, these privately owned vehicles which were allowed to enter in the park as a safari vehicle by the forest department has been found violating the guidelines of the department.
These vehicles are owned by the private operators and have been permitted to take wildlife tourists inside the park for the safari and have to follow some norms set for the vehicles attached to the forest department. The ban is the result of the exercise that has been undertaken to restrict the tourist safari vehicles that don't abide by the rules set by the forest department for the safari vehicles.
More than 100 gypsies and canters have been found lacking the proper documents required for entering into the National Park. Recently, the forest department of the Ranthambore National Park has checked all the required documents of the safari vehicles and found that more than 100 such safari vehicles which were operated by the private entity are actually breaking the norms.
A senior official of the Ranthambore National Park said, "We found that they didn't all the required documents. We served notice to the owners of these canters and gypsies. Only 10 owners submitted the required documents, but more than 100 Gypsies and Canters failed to abide by the norms, so we decided to ban their entry."
Among all the banned vehicles that denied entry into the park to carry the tourists, around 15 vehicles are Gypsies while around 85 vehicles are Canters. These safari vehicles allowed to enter inside the park again only after the operator will submit all the necessary documents asked by the forest department of Ranthambore. One of the forest officers of Ranthambore said that now onwards the department will regularly check the documents of the safari vehicles and take a firm action against those operators who will be found flouting the norms.