bhopal implementing strict guidelines for animal safety the van vihra authorities fined a visitor for feeding chips to a blackbuck in the national park on sunday the visitor was fined rs 2000 for the offence to keep the decorum of the national park there are various fines from rs 100 up to rs 2000 along with imprisonment in serious cases that can be imposed on visitors if they are found flouting rules that can cause harm to animalsthe authorities did not take strict action against the visitor after he confessed that he had fed the animal and promised that he would not repeat the offencethe visitor was found feeding chips to a blackbuck that had strayed on the road from its enclosure feeding animals is prohibited in the national park as these are wild animals and they may fall sick if fed junk food we are very strict about the safety of animals said van vihar director kamalika mohantafollowing the incident the van vihar authorities proposed a ban on all kinds of outside food in the premises the visitors will have to finish the food outside the ticket counter before entering the premises however the national park has set up a small eatery inside the campus with proper dustbins and minimum use of plastic to keep the premises clean and deter people from feeding animalsapart from feeding the animals many people litter the ponds and roads of the national park these packets litter the park and may also be consumed by animals mistaking the packets for food we are trying to ban all such packed food items that can pose such a threat to the animals and make the place look dirty we have sent a proposal to the forest department to ban outside food in the park added mohantathis year more than 800 people had been fined under several offences in the national park premises raising the fine charged to rs 14000 so far