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Previous post : https://www.reddit.com/r/Hubli\_Dharwad/s/LBCTJDu5OM

TLDR : We visited the isolated patch and it was not any Illegal mining or human settlement but water retention pit of some kind where we spotted few pugmarks of wild animals.And yes we are ALIVE!

So yesterday I made a post regarding an isolated patch just beside the hills of Budanagudda which looked sus af coz the water body (Lake)disappeared which was present till 2023.And the view of current gmaps looked like some mining ground or human settlement? IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE!

Today I was accompanied by my redditor friend (obv a redditor…who else in their sane mind would do this) to check out that place. We first climbed up the Budanagudda hills and I flew my drone just to check what exactly it is and is it safe or not, like are there people around the patch.By the drone view it was pretty clear there was no one around there but still we were confused about the grid like excavations.

We began walking through the trail which genuinely felt unused for years.Full of overgrown grass and bushes and plants.It was creepy as hell. But we decided to continue walking and there was not a single plastic bottle or a plastic wrapper in sight which was GREAT and RARE.The walk was 1.6-1.7km long.

We somehow managed to reach the spot but half of the trail was just us getting violated by thorns…left and right.Turns out it was not illegal mining or human settlements.It looked like some restoration work done by forest department, maybe for Ground level water recharging, Lake de silting, Water for wildlife , water retention pit or for new plantation?

The lowest point of the area still had some water left.The small grid-like pits were slightly raised, gradually increasing in height by 1ft or sm.Few pits still had water or wet soil in them,but most of it was dry af.And we saw several pug marks there at water body, maybe of some wolf,fox, hyenas or wild cats not sure.

This was pretty wholesome actually to see conservation work being done by department but I would still want to know the exact reason for this.Will try to talk to some forest gaurds around that area if possible .

Some cool birds we saw on the trail :

-Black headed cuckooshrike
-Paradise flycatcher (Male and Female)Brown morph
-Rofous treepie
-Jungle babbler
-White breasted water hen

So this was about it! No Illegal mining or no human settlement.It was pretty fun experience exploring this on a sunday morning.Thanks yall for following this random quest of mine, appreciate it :)

Update : https://www.reddit.com/r/Hubli\_Dharwad/s/ZUiJ0jCsr9

I was just scanning through the hills from Devargudihal to Budangudda on google maps and saw this isolated patch.Checked out the place on Google earth and apparently there was a water body till 2023 with some small hut like structures around.But now there is no water body and the huts are bigger and more organised.

So I’m going there tomorrow morning to check wtf is that.I do have a drone so technically I could just fly it over and see what the place is but there is no fun in that.Anyone wanna join me ? I hope they are not some fckn cannibals :)

Nightjars are sooo beautiful man! It’s like my favourite bird now :)

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