The Niligiris : With the Nilgiris District including the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) receiving ample rain during this summer, officials have decided to keep the park open to tourists during the summer season.
The Niligiris : With the Nilgiris District including the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) receiving ample rain during this summer, officials have decided to keep the park open to tourists during the summer season.
Usually, MTR officials would close the park at the peak of summer due to drought if summer rains fail between February and May. Animals too tend to move away to greener areas leaving the park empty and dry as even the water bodies here dry up.
However, despite the failure of summer rains in the previous months and forest fires, the park has regained some green, thanks to heavy showers over a week’s period. Wild animals are also spotted frequently by tourists in the park and hence the park would remain open throughout the summer.
Reacting to this, officials said that over 100 acres of forest area that burnt in the forest fire have put on the green carpet again, thanks to the rains.
The rains have also been helpful to the nearby Gudalur Taluk, which had become completely dry in the previous months. Water sources including O’Valley Palmadi, Aathur and Helen Water Scheme check dams had dried up, posing a drought like situation. Water scarcity was also reported in some pockets of Gudalur.
Usually, MTR officials would close the park at the peak of summer due to drought if summer rains fail between February and May. Animals too tend to move away to greener areas leaving the park empty and dry as even the water bodies here dry up.
However, despite the failure of summer rains in the previous months and forest fires, the park has regained some green, thanks to heavy showers over a week’s period. Wild animals are also spotted frequently by tourists in the park and hence the park would remain open throughout the summer.
Reacting to this, officials said that over 100 acres of forest area that burnt in the forest fire have put on the green carpet again, thanks to the rains.
The rains have also been helpful to the nearby Gudalur Taluk, which had become completely dry in the previous months. Water sources including O’Valley Palmadi, Aathur and Helen Water Scheme check dams had dried up, posing a drought like situation. Water scarcity was also reported in some pockets of Gudalur.