Ralamandal Sanctuary gets a boost with the starting of golf cart and in just 24 hours, more than 51 trips were taken up by visitors in the sanctuary. The cart reached Ralamandal late on Friday and was started on trial rounds that became quickly permanent by Saturday.
Visitors loved the idea of sitting in the open cart and gazing at the beautiful deer families. Hence, the cart quickly became popular and is likely to bring up the number of visitors from this weekend.
Though there is a safari available in the sanctuary, it fails to gather that much attention and attraction from the visitors. “In the golf cart, visitors can go close to deer and see them, but safari is mostly used for travelling up the trek,” Pushplata Mourya, forest ranger, Ralamandal, said.
She added that safari mostly has takers on weekend, especially families. “Most people who regularly visit the sanctuary prefer trekking up, so safari cars are less used during the week days,” Mourya said.
“On week days, we can expect about 3 trips in a day of safari at max, but the cart even takes up 30 trips,” Mourya said.
One cart to start with from Sunday
The Forest Department is officially launching the Dear Safari at Ralamandal sanctuary from Sunday. The golf cart allows people to witness wildlife at its natural habitat as it is allowed to venture into the Animal Zone.
Now tourists will be able to see chital-deer and reindeer up, close and personal! On the other hand, the operation of safari has been entrusted to the agency. Currently, there is only one cart that will be used to provide this facility to the commuters.
Dept failed to gather proposals, finally got zoo’s agency
A golf cart bought in 2014 broke down in August. Later, the department failed to work on maintenance of the cart.
Due to this, Deer Safari was closed for tourists for three months. Due to this, apart from reducing the earnings of the sanctuary, the number of tourists also decreased.
In October, the department took the decision to give Dear Safari to an outside agency like Night Safari and floated the tender, in which the agency had to install two vehicles.
The tender had given time for twenty days, but not even an application came. According to sources, after the tender deadline, the agency operating the golf cart in the zoo contacted the forest officials. After that the department gave the green signal to the operation of the cart from the agency.
Two carts must, fare of Rs 50
DFO Narendra Pandwa said, “Deer safari will start for tourists from Sunday. At present, the agency has engaged only one car for safari.” He added that on Saturday, the cart was run for a trial run.
Tourists are like to visit the sanctuary on holidays. With the start of Deer Safari, the tourist crowd is expected to increase once again.
According to officials, two cars are necessary for the safari. The agency will also be asked to install another car. The fare of Dear Safari has been fixed at Rs 50.
Visitors loved the idea of sitting in the open cart and gazing at the beautiful deer families. Hence, the cart quickly became popular and is likely to bring up the number of visitors from this weekend.
Though there is a safari available in the sanctuary, it fails to gather that much attention and attraction from the visitors. “In the golf cart, visitors can go close to deer and see them, but safari is mostly used for travelling up the trek,” Pushplata Mourya, forest ranger, Ralamandal, said.
She added that safari mostly has takers on weekend, especially families. “Most people who regularly visit the sanctuary prefer trekking up, so safari cars are less used during the week days,” Mourya said.
“On week days, we can expect about 3 trips in a day of safari at max, but the cart even takes up 30 trips,” Mourya said.
One cart to start with from Sunday
The Forest Department is officially launching the Dear Safari at Ralamandal sanctuary from Sunday. The golf cart allows people to witness wildlife at its natural habitat as it is allowed to venture into the Animal Zone.
Now tourists will be able to see chital-deer and reindeer up, close and personal! On the other hand, the operation of safari has been entrusted to the agency. Currently, there is only one cart that will be used to provide this facility to the commuters.
Dept failed to gather proposals, finally got zoo’s agency
A golf cart bought in 2014 broke down in August. Later, the department failed to work on maintenance of the cart.
Due to this, Deer Safari was closed for tourists for three months. Due to this, apart from reducing the earnings of the sanctuary, the number of tourists also decreased.
In October, the department took the decision to give Dear Safari to an outside agency like Night Safari and floated the tender, in which the agency had to install two vehicles.
The tender had given time for twenty days, but not even an application came. According to sources, after the tender deadline, the agency operating the golf cart in the zoo contacted the forest officials. After that the department gave the green signal to the operation of the cart from the agency.
Two carts must, fare of Rs 50
DFO Narendra Pandwa said, “Deer safari will start for tourists from Sunday. At present, the agency has engaged only one car for safari.” He added that on Saturday, the cart was run for a trial run.
Tourists are like to visit the sanctuary on holidays. With the start of Deer Safari, the tourist crowd is expected to increase once again.
According to officials, two cars are necessary for the safari. The agency will also be asked to install another car. The fare of Dear Safari has been fixed at Rs 50.