KODASA

WE ENTERED THE PARK AT THIS GATE..........WE WERE STAYING AT KODASA FOREST GUEST HOUSE.
THE PARK IS CLOSED FOR VISITORS ON TUESDAYS AND THE PARK TIMINGS ARE STRICTLY FROM 6 AM TO 11 AM AND 3 PM TO 6 PM.NO VEHICLE IS ALLOWED TO ENTER AND LEAVE BETWEEN 11 TO 3 AND AFTER 6 PM.
VISITORS HAVE TO TAKE A PARK GUIDE IN THEIR VEHICLE. DIESEL VEHICLES OLDER THAN 5 YEARS OLD ARE NOT PERMITTED INSIDE.
VISITORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ALIGHT FROM THEIR VEHICLES IN THE PARK .
COOKING NONVEG , SMOKING AND ALCOHOL ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE PARK PREMISES.

THESE RULES ARE STRICTLY FOLLOWED FOR COMMOM PEOPLE BUT ARE ROUTINELY FLOUTED FOR POLITICIANS.
JUST A DAY AGO A PROMINENT POLITICIAN FROM MUMBAI WHO HAS A PASSION FOR WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY WAS THERE FOR TIGER PHOTOGRAPHY.ALL THESE RULES WERE RELAXED FOR HIM AND NIGHT SAFARIS WERE ARRANGED TOO. THERE WAS PROVISION FOR ALCOHOL AND MEAT TOO.( THIS WAS TOLD TO US BY A LOCAL ZILLA PARISHAD MEMBER FROM THE SAME PARTY.......INCIDENTLLY HE USES THE NATIONAL TIGER RESERVE AS A PERSONAL PICNIC SPOT ...............)