Taking strong note of some states failing to implement its directions to conserve the big cat, the Supreme Court today ordered that tourism be banned in core areas of tiger reserves across the country till further directions. A bench of justices Swatanter Kumar and Ibrahim Kalifulla warned of initiation of contempt proceedings and imposition of exemplary costs on states which fail to notify the buffer zones in their respective tiger reserves. The apex court said several states despite its earlier directions of April 4 and July 10 had failed to notify the buffer zones in their respective reserves.

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