The state forest department will build new guest houses outside forests to provide accommodation on first-cum-first basis to officials, their guests and wildlife enthusiasts ... Read more

The new hotels will be a mix of own properties, leased ones as well as management contracts. On an average the company will spend Rs 15 crore on each new hotel ... Read more

The state government recently formulated a policy to keep a check on erring water sports operators on its coastline including enforcing a queue system following an order by the Bombay high court at Goa ... Read more

Principal chief conservator of forests P K Shukla on October 19 instructed directors of all tiger reserves, except Kanha, asking them to resume tourism as per the carrying capacity of core areas  ... Read more

Airport authorities & AERA had warned that it could lead to higher UDF for flyers and an overall hike in aeronautical charges on airlines which would be passed on to flyer ... Read more

The new guidelines of the Supreme Court would be implemented in the park within the next six months ... Read more

Seeks rights to connect Hyderabad, Amritsar, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai with Istanbul ... Read more

Need to directly involve local communities in the management of parks and protected areas to ensure they gain concrete benefits in terms of employment and income generation ... Read more

The Goa government kickstarted a whitewater rafting programme in Sattari,a remote area crisscrossed with rivers and streams in the heart of the Western Ghats, about 60 km from Panaji ... Read more

Yousmarg, which was once considered to be a preferred spot for Bollywood filmmakers, is a small meadow located 50 kilometres from Srinagar ... Read more