20 June 2019



NAINITAL: The picturesque Ramganga waterways, which was famously used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February this year during his visit to the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), is again in the news as the CTR administration is now proposing to open the Ramganga — which flows through dense forests — for water tourism. In addition, there are also plans to create a new zone in CTR, apart from the six that already exist, in order to ease the pressure on the core area of the sanctuary which sees increased tourist activity.

Speaking about the proposed water tourism project, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, officiating director of the reserve, said, “The plan is to look for alternatives to tiger-centric tourism and generate significant local revenue. It can be operated throughout the year, except for three months of the monsoon.”

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