But the jungle safari destination needs foreign tourists to return to achieve a full recovery, hoteliers say.

Park officials are reluctant to issue licences to more Bote people because of conservation efforts targeted at preserving the aquatic life in the area.

The deaths—whether due to natural causes, poaching or other accidents—are a cause for concern, conservationists say.

Sergeant Chiran Kumar Budha was arrested last September. He was released from prison on Monday on account of completing nine-month jail term handed down by court.

Conservationists say if the waste is not cleared up soon, it will affect the ecology and tourism sector of the park area.

It was expanded three years ago and measures to avert landslides may not have been taken. As the section is an artery of the economy, losses total hundreds of millions.

The body of 23-year-old Sujita Bhandari, who had gone missing on June 25, was recovered in a nearby forest on Sunday.

Many poachers who were on the run are coming forward to surrender, Chitwan park administration says.

The body was discovered in Ghamile forest of Bhandara Piple area on Sunday evening by the local people.

The natural breeding of the critically endangered crocodile species is a good sign for gharial conservation in the country, conservationists say.

After three weeks of arrival in the country, monsoon continues to affect people by disrupting road networks and sweeping away houses and farmlands.

Lockdown forces farmers and cooperatives to dump milk as ghee and milk powder could soon expire for lack of buyers.

Park officials say Ratnanagar residents were angry for delay in retrieval of victim’s body.

On Sunday, 24 individuals were arrested on the charge of fishing indigenous fish species from Bhagedi along the Narayani river.

In the last fiscal year, 13 individuals were injured in separate wild boar attacks in the buffer zone area of the Chitwan National Park.