Relocation from Mudumalai, Sathymangalam tiger reserve forest: Meeting on Mar 6
2 years, 9 months ago

Relocation from Mudumalai, Sathymangalam tiger reserve forest: Meeting on Mar 6

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: An eight-member committee will conduct a meeting on March 6 with Thengumarahada residents as part of relocating them outside of Sathymangalam and Mudumalai tiger reserve forests. The court-appointed committee consists of the field director of STR who is the convener of the committee and field director of MTR, district collectors as well as district forest officers from Erode, Coimbatore and Nilgiris. According to Chief wildlife warden Neeraj Sekar, "A total of 500 acres land have been allotted to Thengumarahada cooperative society for 142 families between 1948 and 1952. We are relocating the people of Thengumarahada because of the increasing tiger population in STR and MTR, the chief wildlife warden pointed out.

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Hindustan Times  

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