<p>A blast of warm air, dried-up water bodies and earth, dry leaves every where...that is the sight that welcomes a visitor at Bandipur. And summer has not even begun. This seems like a drought the region has not seen in at least two decades.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The main water source in the region, Tavarghatta, has dried up. So has Bandipurakere. Sollikatte has met the same fate. <br /><br />Kirubanakolachi is full of weed and algae. The Athanikatte has gone dry. The situation is the same in other tanks such as Kadamathurkatte, Mallalli, Aanekatte, Nanganapura, Karegowdanakatte, Siddarayanakatte and Dhaiyyadakatte. <br /><br />There are only a handful of tanks that have some water and are quenching the thirst of the fauna here.<br /><br />The spectre of drought looms large, and authorities are a worried lot. Some elephants are already moving out of the forest region. The grass has turned dry and yellow, too. <br /><br />Also, there is also a contagious fever that has shown up in some animals here. Some decades back, such a fever had wiped away many wild animals. This is causing concern among forest officials. <br /></p>
<p>A blast of warm air, dried-up water bodies and earth, dry leaves every where...that is the sight that welcomes a visitor at Bandipur. And summer has not even begun. This seems like a drought the region has not seen in at least two decades.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The main water source in the region, Tavarghatta, has dried up. So has Bandipurakere. Sollikatte has met the same fate. <br /><br />Kirubanakolachi is full of weed and algae. The Athanikatte has gone dry. The situation is the same in other tanks such as Kadamathurkatte, Mallalli, Aanekatte, Nanganapura, Karegowdanakatte, Siddarayanakatte and Dhaiyyadakatte. <br /><br />There are only a handful of tanks that have some water and are quenching the thirst of the fauna here.<br /><br />The spectre of drought looms large, and authorities are a worried lot. Some elephants are already moving out of the forest region. The grass has turned dry and yellow, too. <br /><br />Also, there is also a contagious fever that has shown up in some animals here. Some decades back, such a fever had wiped away many wild animals. This is causing concern among forest officials. <br /></p>