The Supreme Court on Monday said that there can be no Tiger Safari in the core or critical tiger habitat area as it ordered the Uttarakhand Government to undertake restoration measures to undo the damage, including felling of trees and illegal constructions, in the Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve.

“It is categorically held that Tiger Safari shall not be permitted in the core or a critical tiger habitat area. Tiger Safari shall be established on ‘non-forest land’ or ‘degraded forest land’ in the buffer area provided that is not part of a tiger corridor. Tiger Safari shall be allowed only in association with a full-fledged rescue and rehabilitation centre for tigers where conflict animals, injured animals or abandoned animals are housed for care and rehabilitation,” a Bench led by CJI BR Gavai sa

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