The driftwood collection is one of the common practices to generate additional cash income. The migrants, mainly from hilly regions, are engaged in this activity. Also rocks and bolder are collected from the rivers to build houses. The rivers are considered sacred in Hindu religion and bathing in the river, particularly, in the confluence is a religious practice to earn merit for eternal peace. The river is also used for feasting in rituals and ceremonies.
Animal husbandry is one of the vital components of local economy.
People tend buffalo and cattle to meet their basic food and monetary needs through the sale of meat, milk and milk products, manures and use their males as draft animals. Only milking animals are kept stall-fed. Others are herded daily for grazing inside the park. It is believed that some 15-20 thousand cattle and buffaloes are resident in the Reserve. There are about l00 families that keep their animals inside the Reserve.