STAFF REPORTER
The residents of the federal capital are continuing to visit trails despite lockdown for containing the pandemic of coronavirus in the country. Talking to media, Assistant Director Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) Sakhawat Ali regretted the irresponsible behaviour of residents flouting the restriction to stay at homesfor mitigating the risk of outbreak. He said: “IWMB staff and Islamabad Capital Territory Police officials are deputed at the entrance of all the Trails. However, the regular and expert hikers are using short routes and alternate passages to venture into the Margalla Hills National Park.” Though the number was not that big yet it was a threat due to serious outbreak of Corona virus. The visitors were parking their cars other than the designated places and using hidden routes in the woods, he added. Sakhawat added that IWMB staff was vigilant and performing its duties despite the lockdown. “IWMB rangers are patrolling in the National Park as it is the season for budding of Kachnar plant or Bauhinia Variegata.
