Following a mid-day report on illegal taxis ferrying visitors inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), the park administration has written to the Regional Transport Office (RTO) and the local police station, urging strict action against vehicles operating without permits, fitness certificates, or safety clearances. Officials warned that such vehicles pose a serious threat to the lives of tourists.

An SGNP forest department official said, “We have requested the RTO and police to initiate strict action against illegal taxi operators who are endangering the lives of visitors by ferrying them in uncertified vehicles inside SGNP. To our knowledge, none of these vehicles have valid documents or fitness certificates. The owners must be booked.”