Mysuru: If you are planning to celebrate the arrival of the New Year at any resort, farm house, hotel or a home-stay surrounding national parks and bird sanctuaries, you will surely face the music. The Forest Department has banned playing of loud music in the vicinity — from 100 metres to 200 metres — of all the six wildlife and bird sanctuaries in Mysuru Division on the eve of New Year.
Revellers who violate the ban will be booked under the provisions of Wildlife Act. The Department move comes in the wake of several complaints from the public about youths partying on the fringes of Ranganathittu and Kokkare Bellur Bird Sanctuaries. Also, the Union Government has declared the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary near Srirangapatna as Eco Sensitive Zone.
