Bandipur is still a free zone for animals. “The deer are eating up all my plants,” complained Gangaswamy at breakfast time after we returned from our trek. He did look absolutely displeased about this fact. But isn’t this animal territory, which we are
encroaching upon, making buildings and plying vehicles? Speaking of excluding others, there is this small hamlet a few hundred metres away from the lodge, I was sure it belonged to the local adivasi people, who must have been living there for a long time.
Or may be they were removed from the core area of the forest in order to “protect” the animals. Add your Trip report Here