With the Damu Nagar fire incident fresh in mind, this year, the people visiting shrines in SGNP and Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on Mahashivratri will have to pass through strict checking as the Forest Department, along with volunteers, would not only confiscate inflammable things from visitors, but strict action would be taken against those who are found roaming in forest. More than 3 lakh people visit SGNP and Tungareshwar on Mahashivratri and this is when chances of forest fires increase. Already, the forest has started drying due to summer and the dry leaves litter can spread the fire even faster.

On March 1, a meeting took place at Nature Interpretation Center (NIC) inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in which FD officials, police officials and the NGOs along with volunteers who will help the FD on Mahashivratri. More than 100 volunteers and more than 300 FD and police personals are going to be present on the Mahashivratri day at SGNP, Yeoor range of SGNP and at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary to mange the crowd and the devotees that come to the shrines that are there.