‘Behave like animals’: Find out more about this IFS officer’s advice for tourists

Dukchen Bhutia is our range officer. Went to field with a group. Found a lot of trash thrown by tourists and decided to collect all. She is showing the way.

In Forest behave like animals, they don’t spread the trash. pic.twitter.com/HLRbkPI8Mz

— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) January 10, 2024

The post got a lot of comments from concerned citizens.

“Why do people behave like this? Do they throw trash everywhere in their house? The same people when they go abroad will praise how clean the other country is and will follow the rules there,” an X user commented. “There should be fines for violators and mandatory fees for environmental protection/clean up which should be used to keep clean forests,” said another.

“This is probably one of the reason why Lakshadweep and Andaman needs to be protected from tourism… We kind of lack discipline with regards to waste management,” another netizen posted. All sorts of disposable, single use plastic and even tetra packs & packed snacks or food should be strictly prohibited to be carried while on a tour (except for use in hotels & resort’s or home stay),” yet another netizen wrote.