T.N. Forest Minister Mathiventhan criticised for staying at partially-closed ‘illegal resort’ in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
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T.N. Forest Minister Mathiventhan criticised for staying at partially-closed ‘illegal resort’ in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu State Forest Minister M. Mathiventhan’s vacation to the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, where he has chosen to stay in one of the resorts located along the notified elephant corridor in Sigur, has raised concerns among conservationists. Jungle Hut was among 12 other resorts against which orders were passed by the Supreme Court-appointed ‘Segur Plateau Elephant Corridor Inquiry Committee’ in 2023. This showed that it was “amply evident that these are not small bona fide residential buildings but big commercial constructions without all requisite approvals,” the committee had observed in their orders passed last year, directing the Nilgiris district administration to initiate “necessary action” against the owners and calling for the illegal buildings to be demolished or for the owners to voluntarily dismantle them. K. Mohanraj, a noted conservationist from Tamil Nadu, said that the State’s forest Minister staying in a resort built in the elephant corridor raised questions of impropriety and collusion with the resort owners.

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