Conservationists raise concern over land identified for TN Tech City in Coimbatore
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Conservationists raise concern over land identified for TN Tech City in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government’s plan to develop one of the Tamil Nadu Tech Cities in Coimbatore will further escalate negative interactions between humans and wild elephants if it does not find an alternative land away from forests, according to conservationists and nature enthusiasts from the region. As per a tender floated by the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited, the plan is to develop a TN Tech City in an area of 321.74 acres in Somayampalayam village, which lies next to reserve forest and elephant transit paths. The tender for the preparation of Detailed Master Plan and transaction advisory services for establishment of Tech City has marked the area as a patch of unutilised land, sandwiched between forest boundary and two government-run campuses – the Bharathiar university and the Anna University. P. Shanmugasundaram of the Coimbatore Wildlife Conservation Trust said the organisation, which has been working along with the Forest Department to mitigate the conflict situation largely in the Maruthamalai foothills, has petitioned the Coimbatore District Collector seeking no developmental activities in the vacant land behind the two universities.

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Meeting of elephant range States of southern India held in Coimbatore
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Meeting of elephant range States of southern India held in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A meeting of the elephant range States of southern India to granulate the components of the regional action plan for comprehensive understanding and management of human elephant conflict was held in Coimbatore on September 05 and 06, 2024. Besides discussing the action plan for mitigation of human elephant conflict in southern States, the meeting organised by the Ministry of Environment, …

Farmers raise concerns as wild elephants continue to raid cattle sheds, fields near Coimbatore
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Farmers raise concerns as wild elephants continue to raid cattle sheds, fields near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Farmers have raised concerns about recurring incidents of wild elephants entering villages in the Thadagam valley and Maruthamalai foothills near Coimbatore, feeding on crops and cattle feeds. Wild elephants broke into a cattle shed at the #Maruthamalai foothills near #Coimbatore and feasted on cattle feed early on Thursday morning. The Forest Department has advised farmers to avoid stocking of cattle …

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace
7 months ago

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest department in Telangana has prepared an action plan to deal with the menace of wild elephants straying in during the monsoon season for food and water from bordering Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh states. A sub-adult male elephant entered the Kagaznagar forest division by crossing the River Pranahitha from Gadchiroli and trampled two farmers to death in the first …

T.N. draft elephant corridor plan | Two new corridors identified in Erode district
7 months, 1 week ago

T.N. draft elephant corridor plan | Two new corridors identified in Erode district

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government appointed-Elephant Corridor Committee has identified a 53.8 km stretch in the Anthiyur - Chennampatti forests in Erode division, and a 3 km stretch in the Sujilkuttai – Bannari forests, falling under the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve as corridors that are used frequently by wild elephants. A draft elephant corridor consolidation plan for Tamil Nadu was released in …

TN, Kerala to relocate elephants, but we don’t seek compensation: Officials
10 months ago

TN, Kerala to relocate elephants, but we don’t seek compensation: Officials

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The communication of Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre to Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi that on the latter’s advice, Rs 15 lakh compensation has been given to the family of a man killed by an elephant in Kerala has been questioned by officials from the department and experts. In the letter, Khandre has acknowledged that forest boundaries are shrinking,” said …

Forest Department increases patrolling staff to drive out wild elephant entering Coimbatore villages
1 year, 1 month ago

Forest Department increases patrolling staff to drive out wild elephant entering Coimbatore villages

The Hindu  

The Forest Department has increased the number of staff engaged in night patrols in the wake of rise in frequency of wild elephants entering villages bordering forests in Coimbatore district. According to the Department, villages falling under the four forest ranges — Coimbatore, Boluvampatty, Madukkarai and Periyanaickenpalayam— were witnessing more incidents of elephants entering human habitations. District Forest Officer N. …

Elephants on migration movement cause large scale damages to crops in Coimbatore
1 year, 1 month ago

Elephants on migration movement cause large scale damages to crops in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

It took seven months for farmer S. Ramalingam to raise his banana plantation of nendran variety at Somayanur in Coimbatore district to the fruiting stage. With three more months left for harvest, the farmer lost 150 banana trees when a herd of elephants spent around one-and-a-half-hours in his plantation on the intervening nights of Saturday and Sunday. As the annual …

Wild Elephant Population in Tamil Nadu Goes Up
1 year, 4 months ago

Wild Elephant Population in Tamil Nadu Goes Up

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The population of wild elephants in the State has gone up from 2761 in the year 2017 to 2961 now with the Nilgiris Eastern Ghats elephant sanctuary having the highest number of 2477 pachyderms, according to an integrated elephant survey 2023, whose report was released by Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday. An official press release said that …

Hunt for alternative land for Govt. Horticulture Farm obstructing Kallar elephant corridor reaches nowhere
1 year, 6 months ago

Hunt for alternative land for Govt. Horticulture Farm obstructing Kallar elephant corridor reaches nowhere

The Hindu  

Nearly ten months after a decision was taken to relocate the State Horticulture Farm at Kallar near Mettupalayam in Coimbatore district, as part of securing the Jaccanaire - Hulikal Durgam elephant corridor aka Kallar corridor, the hunt for an alternative land has reached nowhere. Officials with the Forest Department said that Departments concerned could not find a suitable location for …

A jumbo task at hand
1 year, 7 months ago

A jumbo task at hand

The Hindu  

Only four days ago, four elephants of a herd of 18 dwelling in the forest near Katragadda village of Bhamini mandal in Parvatipuram-Manyam district were electrocuted while moving in search of food and water. Brewing human-wildlife conflict At present, the combined population of wild elephants, both residents and migrants, in the Kaundinya sanctuary and the Seshachalam ranges of the Annamayya …

In two months, wild elephants enter Coimbatore villages 768 times: Forest dept.
2 years ago

In two months, wild elephants enter Coimbatore villages 768 times: Forest dept.

The Hindu  

Villages bordering forests in Coimbatore district are going through difficult times as the annual migration movement of wild elephants has peaked, resulting crop damages and human – elephant interactions. According to the Forest Department, wild elephants entered villages coming under the limits of the Coimbatore Forest Division 768 times in October and November alone. Out of the seven forest ranges …

Use of country-made bombs in Coimbatore Forest Division under investigation
2 years, 7 months ago

Use of country-made bombs in Coimbatore Forest Division under investigation

The Hindu  

The death of a female elephant in Coimbatore Forest Division in March this year, after it bit into a country-made bomb, has prompted the Forest Department to act against the crude and age old method of hunting. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests has tasked R. Rajmohan, Deputy Conservator of Forests and principal of Tamil Nadu Forestry Training College, Vaigai …

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