New Delhi: The Supreme Court is expected to give its final ruling on whether tourism should be permitted in core tiger reserves or not. The Centre had earlier filed an affidavit asking the court to lift the ban.
The Centre says tourism should be allowed in 20 per cent of core areas and that the states should evolve guidelines to protect tiger habitat and tigers. The apex court had earlier slammed the government for its re-think on the ban on tourism in core tiger areas.
The Centre's affidavit had virtually urged the apex court to review its July 24 interim order banning tourism in the core areas of the wild cats until final orders. It claimed that the ban on tourism could result in not only loss of livelihood to several persons but also pose threat to wildlife and forests in the country.
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