Maharashtra trekking Alerts

People planning for nature trail to Panorama point @ Matheran, then please do not go. The entire stretch from the parking lot area to the end of the pano point is disturbed as an artificial wall is built along the way on both the sides and the trail route is made wide by clearing trees. Also paver blocks are installed at some places. They are also planning to put up light poles on the trail. The places where we used to see the Indian violet tarantula, Yellow thigh tarantula, Green vine, Bamboo pit viper, Travancore wolf, Green keelback, Montane trinket, Cat snake, Common krait, Rock gecko, Deccan banded gecko, Spotted leaf-toed gecko and many other species is all gone. Copied from : Sanchit More https://www.facebook.com/sangram.prabhu/posts/2354279491292139 https://india.mongabay.com/2019/06/insects-are-disappearing-in-india-and-we-dont-even-have-data/

There were 3000-5000 trekkers at lohagad and visapur on sunday 7.7.2019 according to eyewitnesses ट्रेकिंग ची अवस्था कशी झालीये बघा. कुठेही कंट्रोल नसल्याने असे दृश्य सध्या दिसते सगळीकडे.अश्या ठिकाणी जर काही घटना घडली तर काय होईल याची कल्पनाच करू शकत नाही. विडिओ आहे लोहगड किल्ल्याचा.

*Naneghat Update* Main Forest Entrance Fee - INR 5/person Parking - No parking Fee at the smaller spot to right side of d road and INR 100 if parked at d larger left parking spot. Naneghat Entrance Fee - INR 5/person As of yesterday, there was no one at both the entrances at the bottom and top to collect these fees however as per locals, the forest officials will be starting it from coming weekend. Huge Garbage dumps are available at the top of Naneghat entrance n plateau to dispose of any waste that have collected on the route. A single mobile washroom is available at the left Parking lot and rooms can be opened for changing upon request with the local vendors there. Count: There were approx. 300-500 trekkers in the route and weekend crowd of more than 2000 on top of the plateau. Not much garbage or nuisance encountered this time in this trek. -- ramblers india team. 7.7.2019 नाणेघाट पहायला जाताय तर आवश्य एकदा वाचा.       नाणेघाट व किल्ले जीवधन यांचे पावित्र्य रा