These villages are inhabited by 114 families. The surrounding buffer belt has 75 villages. Large numbers of local people visit the forests of Tirthan Valley in spring to collect morel Morchella esculenta . There are 13 rest houses in the vicinity of the park and 7 on the outskirts of the sanctuary. There are no scientific facilities.
Some spectacular scenery complements the biological richness of the area.
It is proposed to relocate the four villages in Sainj Valley to the buffer belt. There are also provisions in the plan for a tourist zone. Settlement of existing rights, boundary demarcation and final notification of the park are matters of outstanding priority. There is a proposal to extend the park to the north to include that part of the Parvati catchment lying between Pulga and Pin Parvati Pass. Any extension of the road network is likely to result in increased lumbering and possibly other forms of disturbance.