Shivaji: - See, jeep-safari is allowed to the forest officials only and night camping has been banned now, because, 3 years back, a leopard attacked two tourists inside the night camp. Leopards are more dangerous in this forest than the Royal Bengal Tigers. Anyway, let me see, what I can do for you people. After all, you people have come a long way from Hyderabad to tour our forest. It’s a pleasure for us.
Arindam: - What are these small cottages, all about? There are so many designs on its walls. The roofs are painted in a very stylish fashion. Also, inside, the cots are very well decorated.
Balaji: - Sir, these are forest bunglows. We are constructing at least 6 new forest bunglows in this area. Earlier, there were no forest bunglows in this jungle. Night-camping is very dangerous. We were also not finding any suitable place inside the forest to construct the forest bunglows.
Shivaji: - Yeah, locating a good spot was a very challenging task. Then, we selected this area, near the main road, which will be well suited for the tourists. Also, the numbers of wild animals are very less in this region of the forest.
Prady: - How do you know that wild animals are less in this region of the forest?
Shivaji: - Oh! That we can understand. The tribal people and the forest security guards are always alert about that. Based on their alertness report, we have prepared a map of Etunagaram forest, where we have given several colors. The Green colored regions in the Etunagaram forest map depicts that all the wild animals roam around those regions only.
Prady: - I have also heard that in the dense forests of Etunagaram, there are many ayurvedic herbs, which are yet to be used for preparing Ayurvedic medicines.
Balaji: - Yeah, you are right, Sir. But, neither Andhra Pradesh government nor Central government has taken any step to expose those areas. We even made a proposal to start a project to use those ayurvedic herbs for preparing herbal medicines, but, somehow, the local medicine factory owners didn’t responded well. Basically, before starting a project on ayurvedic herbs in this forest, the state government wants a detailed feasibility analysis report. But, we don’t know, whom to approach to do a feasibility study.
Prady: - Our Company is in the Research and Development as well as in Consultancy only. You can take down the contact number of my boss. If you want to do a feasibility study, then surely you can contact him.
Shivaji: - Do you people have any Business Card?
Prady: - I don’t have any business card.
Arindam: - Yeah, I have mine. Just take it.
Shivaji: - Ok, sit here for another 15 minutes, Sir. We will surely arrange a safari for you people.
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Arindam: - So, you have got one new client for your company.
Prady: - I was just oiling this person. He was also bluffing about the Ayurvedic herbs in this jungle and so was I…he he he…after all, we are MBA graduates….but; you have just done a blunder. Who told you to give him your business card?
Arindam: - Babah…ooti bhakti chor er lokhyon…He was giving too much response to us, because he feared that we may have come here as any Central Government official to investigate something. I was observing the eyes of both the forest officers. They were somewhat tensed. First of all, we are only two in number. Our dresses are also like the government officers only. You are wearing a Khaki T-shirt and grey colored pant. I am wearing a Green military type T-shirt with a Khakhi colored pant. Both of us are aggressive and dominating all the way. Somehow, they are confused about our real identity. They are yet to believe that two tourists have come to tour this deadly jungle. That’s why; I intentionally gave him my business card. The contact numbers of my office desk is written in that business card. Now, both Shivaji and Balaji will try to contact in that Satyam Computers’ Info City office number, to find out whether I really work there or not. After having the confirmation, their tensions will be reduced and they will give us the permit to do safari in this jungle. Of course, I appreciate your buttering policy in this case. You are expert in controlling any forest officer, he he he….Now, Shivaji is coming towards us, in his forest jeep.
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