Puts up notices at Bhandup, Kanheri Caves gates after an MP's car knocked down and killed a spotted deer last month.
Road from Bhandup to Kanheri passes through core area of SGNP. Pic/Sameer Markande
A notice has also been installed at the Khindipada gate. The forest department imposed the strict rules after an SUV belonging to parliamentarian Rajendra Gavit killed a spotted deer that was crossing the road adjacent to Trimurti station inside SGNP on November 27. The vehicle is said to have entered from Khindipada-Bhandup gate killed the deer just a few hundred meters ahead of the SGNP-Borvli main gate. "The road from Bhandup to Kanheri passes through the notified* national park area of SGNP. Except for forest officers and employees of SGNP on duty and also of the BMC administrating the Tulsi Lake, all other persons are prohibited from using this road as required by section 35, Wildlife Protection Act 1972."
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