Bengal: Tourists stranded as villagers intensify agitation at Rajabhatkhawa safari ticket counter

Siliguri, Oct 26 (UNI) Tourism activities at Rajabhatkhawa in West Bengal's Alipurduar district were disrupted on Monday as villagers intensified their agitation over the demand for implementation of the Forest Rights Act, staging a sit-in demonstration in front of the tourist safari ticket counter from 11 am. Several tourists returned without undertaking safaris, while others waited in the hope that the protest would be called off. The agitation entered its 22nd day on Monday. The protesters are demanding a return to the earlier system and have accused the forest department of turning a checkpost on a PWD road into a…