PM Modi visit Bandipur Tiger Reserve
MYSURU,APR 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Gundlupet Taluk in Chamarajanagar District on Sunday.
PM Modi who had arrived in Mysuru to commemorate the 50 years of Project Tiger on Saturday night visited Bandipur safari point at around 7.30 am. From the temporary helipad at Oval Ground in Mysuru, PM Modi flew to the temporary helipad at Melkammanahalli at Gundlupet.
Modi visited the forester’s martyrs memorial and paid respect to forest staffers who laid their lives to protect the forest and wildlife.
Later PM Modi visited Boldudda Anti Poaching Camp where he interacted with the forest staff. The PM will visit Madumalai Tiger Reserve where he will felicitate Bomman and Belli, the couple who dedicated their life for caring orphaned elephants. The film based on the couple ‘Elephant Whisperers’ won the Oscar award recently.
-The New Indian Express
