T.N. Govt. faces stiff challenges to balance needs of human communities and elephant habitats in Gudalur
10 months, 1 week ago

T.N. Govt. faces stiff challenges to balance needs of human communities and elephant habitats in Gudalur

The Hindu  

Despite opposition from residents and political parties to the Tamil Nadu government identifying two corridors that run through Gudalur in the Nilgiris, legal experts and conservationists feel that notifying the two corridors will be imperative in ensuring the conservation of the Asian elephant in the region. Draft elephant corridor report The draft elephant corridor report details the presence of anywhere between 60 and 80 elephants in the Gudalur forest division, where two crucial corridors - the Bospara to Nilambur corridor and the O’Valley corridor have been identified. Volatile region The O’Valley corridor, in particular, will pass through the lands of people with no pattas to their lands due to occupying lands classified under “Section 17” of The Gudalur Janmam Estates Act of 1969. “There is no question that the two corridors need to be secured,” said B. Ramakrishnan, Head of the Department of Wildlife Biology at the Government Arts College and member, of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Asian elephant specialist group. The corridors see movement of elephant populations from Nagarhole, Bandipur, Wayanad, Sathyamangalam, Kollegal, Chamarajanagar, Silent Valley, Coimbatore and Mannarkkad, said Mr. Ramakrishnan, adding that the extent of measures that will be taken to ensure that elephants’ “right of passage” is maintained will have to be a decision taken by the government.

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Forest Department continues to monitor wild elephant near Coimbatore
1 month ago

Forest Department continues to monitor wild elephant near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Forest Department is continuing to monitor a male wild elephant that allegedly trampled two persons to death and caused damages to properties in villages bordering forests. Field staff from Coimbatore and Periyanaickenpalayam forest ranges have been tasked to monitor the movement of the elephant, following demands from certain sections of farmers for its translocation. An official from the Department …

Study on elephant corridor in Tamil Nadu to reduce trouble for humans, protect jumbos
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Study on elephant corridor in Tamil Nadu to reduce trouble for humans, protect jumbos

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has initiated the process of notifying crucial elephant corridors in the state, a first-of-its-kind move to ensure the long-term conservation of its pachyderm population and mitigate human-elephant conflict. The State Planning Commission is funding a study to revisit ground truth and assess the validity of all the 42 corridors identified by the Tamil Nadu Elephant Corridors Committee. …

‘Scientific study on potential elephant corridors under way to arrive at final count’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Scientific study on potential elephant corridors under way to arrive at final count’

The Hindu  

Minister for Forests K. Ponmudy on Friday said ₹5 crore had been allocated for a 10-kilometre elephant-proof fence at Thondamuthur in Coimbatore. Participating in the Yaanai Thiruvizha, organised by the Wildlife Trust of India, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, Mr. Ponmudy urged field workers to stay vigilant in identifying and resolving human-elephant conflicts. …

Conservationists see significant threat to traditional elephant migratory path as Minister announces 160-feet Lord Murugan statue at Maruthamalai
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Conservationists see significant threat to traditional elephant migratory path as Minister announces 160-feet Lord Murugan statue at Maruthamalai

The Hindu  

Conservationists have raised serious concerns over Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister P.K. Sekarbabu’s announcement that a 160-feet-tall statue of Lord Murugan will be installed at Marudhamalai, a critical habitat for elephants with its foothills being served as a crucial traditional migratory path for pachyderms. “Marudhamalai is a very sensitive forest area from the ecological point of view and elephants …

Forest Department monitoring movements of wild elephant on the loose in Udhagamandalam
3 months ago

Forest Department monitoring movements of wild elephant on the loose in Udhagamandalam

The Hindu  

Following instances of negative interactions between people and a wild elephant in Cherambadi, the Forest Department is monitoring the elephant’s movements in the region. The Nilgiris district administration said that more than 75 personnel from the Forest Department are involved in monitoring the elephant, headed by an official of the rank Assistant Conservator of Forest and Forest Ranger. Forest Department …

Our messy association with elephants
4 months ago

Our messy association with elephants

Live Mint  

The fog was burning off the top of the trees as the sun rose in Corbett Tiger Reserve. In a paper published this year by Rashmi Singh et al, a study of attitudes towards elephants in Valparai, Tamil Nadu, shows various nuances. Women fear elephants more than men, perhaps because more women were working in the estates; and people hold …

Elephant herd causes chaos in Andhra's villages, destroys crops and vehicles
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant herd causes chaos in Andhra's villages, destroys crops and vehicles

New Indian Express  

PARVATHIPURAM-MANYAM: The herd of seven elephants including a calf has been giving sleepless nights to the residents of several villages as well as the forest officials for the past few days in Parvathipuram mandal by destroying standing crops, trampling vehicles and creating havoc. Forest officials on Wednesday promulgated section 144 in Venkampeta and surrounding villages to avoid any untoward incident …

Elephant-human conflict: MP seeks large-scale rail barricade along forest borders
6 months ago

Elephant-human conflict: MP seeks large-scale rail barricade along forest borders

The Hindu  

Mysuru and Kodagu districts have been witnessing elephant-human conflicts and there have been many petitions to the government for addressing the issue. In this connection, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, Mysuru and Kodagu MP, met Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and requested him to consider large-scale rail barricading the forest borders to prevent elephants from entering …

Young Elephant’s Death Exposes Wildlife Crisis in Chittoor District
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Young Elephant’s Death Exposes Wildlife Crisis in Chittoor District

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Recent discovery of an elephant's carcass near Pulibonupalle in Yerravaripalem mandal has once again brought into spotlight the escalating wildlife crisis in the erstwhile Chittoor district. The recent synchronised elephant census in south India estimated the current elephant population in erstwhile Chittoor district as between 90 and 110, with an equivalent number of migrants. Forest officials attribute the human-animal …

Fear of encounter with wild elephants grips residential areas of Matuthamalai foothills
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Fear of encounter with wild elephants grips residential areas of Matuthamalai foothills

The Hindu  

The conflict situation at the Marudhamalai foothills escalated after a female elephant and its calf that had caused damages in villages surrounding the Marudhamalai hills some months ago returned to those locations. @THChennaipic.twitter.com/zz9PgewW5v — Wilson Thomas July 3, 2024 Officials with the Forest Department said that the mother-calf duo had been roaming in parts of Kerala, Madukkarai and Boluvampatti forest …

Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division
10 months ago

Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division

The Hindu  

A synchronised elephant population estimation exercise that aims at preventing human-elephant conflict and developing management strategies began in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Erode Forest Division, here on Thursday, May 23, 2024. K. Sudhakar, Deputy Director of STR and District Forest Officer of Hasanur Division said the exercise began at 30 beats in which 120 staff were involved. Kulal Yogesh Vilas, …

How the move to revive elephant corridors has become a political problem in Tamil Nadu
10 months ago

How the move to revive elephant corridors has become a political problem in Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times  

The Tamil Nadu government's initiative to restore all the traditional elephant corridors in the state to facilitate unrestricted movement of wildlife without running into conflict with humans has become a flashpoint with major political parties and prominent farmers' organisations objecting to the plan. The plan Last year, the state government constituted an expert panel to identify elephant corridors in the …

Gudalur residents start black-flag stir against elephant corridor plan
10 months, 1 week ago

Gudalur residents start black-flag stir against elephant corridor plan

New Indian Express  

NILGIRIS: GUDALUR residents on Monday hoisted black flags condemning the forest department’s draft elephant corridor plan. In a meeting convened by Gudalur MLA Pon Jayaseelan of the AIADMK, leaders of BJP, Naam Tamilar Katchi, and SDPI agreed to conduct the black flag protest for a week. “The department must remove all the places that have been identified as elephant corridors …

T.N. draft elephant corridor plan | Two new corridors identified in Erode district
10 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 …

Disturbances in proposed Kalkothy – Walayar corridor force elephants to enter villages
1 year ago

Disturbances in proposed Kalkothy – Walayar corridor force elephants to enter villages

The Hindu  

With increasing incidents of wild elephants entering villages in the Madukkarai region of Coimbatore, conservationists are raising concerns over the disturbances and infrastructural developments taking place along the proposed Kalkothy – Walayar elephant corridor, a critical route for elephants to move between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The study found several major reasons for the bottleneck in the corridor, including land …

Land identified for TN Tech City in Coimbatore abuts proposed elephant corridor
1 year ago

Land identified for TN Tech City in Coimbatore abuts proposed elephant corridor

The Hindu  

The 321.74 acres identified in Somayampalayam village for Tamil Nadu Tech City abuts a proposed elephant corridor, namely Mangarai - Thanikandi corridor, identified by the State government appointed Elephant Corridor Committee. Also, a study report, namely ‘Brief investigation and justification for notifying elephant movement paths as corridors in southern part of Coimbatore Forest Division’, prepared by K. Kalidasan of Osai …

Wild elephant enters densely populated area near Dharmapuri; tranquilisation risky
1 year ago

Wild elephant enters densely populated area near Dharmapuri; tranquilisation risky

New Indian Express  

Speaking to TNIE, forest department staff said, “The tusker could have lost its sense of direction at night and have wandered near A Gollahalli. Because of its current position, we are unable to conduct an elephant drive because there is an increasing risk of the tusker wandering into the residential areas in the municipality.” Sources added it would be pointless …

Elephant dies of electrocution in Gudalur forest range, seventh such death in the Nilgiris since 2016
1 year, 4 months ago

Elephant dies of electrocution in Gudalur forest range, seventh such death in the Nilgiris since 2016

The Hindu  

A male elephant died of electrocution in Puliyampara, in the Devarshola section of the Gudalur Forest Range on Friday morning. Mr. Omkaram, in a statement to The Hindu following the inspection, said that the elephant is known to generally inhabitat the O-Valley, Nadugani and Gudalur forest ranges. The elephant’s death is the latest in a series of incidents involving power …

Watch | Why is this elephant habitat in Nilgiris under threat?
1 year, 5 months ago

Watch | Why is this elephant habitat in Nilgiris under threat?

The Hindu  

Watch | Why is this elephant habitat in Nilgiris under threat? This region, comprising Mudumalai, Nagarhole, Bandipur, Sathyamangalam and Wayanad is a sanctuary for over 6,000 Asian elephants, the largest population in the world. The Segur elephant corridor is not just important for elephants; it’s also home to critically endangered vultures. WATCH : Heart touching Video of reunited elephant calf’s …

Nilgiris Elephant Menace Forest Officials Monitor Movement In TN Amid Fear Over Jumbo Menace
1 year, 5 months ago

Nilgiris Elephant Menace Forest Officials Monitor Movement In TN Amid Fear Over Jumbo Menace

ABP News  

Amid fear over the elephant menace in pockets of The Nilgiris, the Forest Department has started to monitor wild elephant moments in Gudalur and Pandalur areas of the district. According to ANI, Forest officials monitor wild elephants as their movements increase in the Gudalur and Pandalur areas of Nilgiris district. Residents of Cherangode, Cherambadi, Athichal and other areas face elephant …

Segur elephant corridor | A jumbo right of passage
1 year, 6 months ago

Segur elephant corridor | A jumbo right of passage

The Hindu  

The Kalhatti Ghat Road plunges into the Segur plateau on the outskirts of Udhagamandalam. Ms. Davidar adds that the Segur elephant corridor, notified by the Tamil Nadu government in 2010, is a critical “elephant corridor that links these habitats to the Eastern Ghats”. “It is also home to the largest population of three critically endangered species of vultures in southern …

Mammoth problems, meaningful solutions: Marrying technical data and conservation
1 year, 7 months ago

Mammoth problems, meaningful solutions: Marrying technical data and conservation

The Hindu  

Bengaluru-headquartered Asian Nature Conservation Foundation founded by Prof Raman Sukumar of IISc and the late Prof Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury has been actively involved in elephant conservation since 1997. The Assam Forest Department wanted actionable insights and requested the team to look at the human-elephant conflicts in Golaghat district near Kaziranga and Hamren district near Karbi Anglong. “The short-term goal was …

Understanding the frontier elephants
1 year, 7 months ago

Understanding the frontier elephants

The Hindu  

Elephants are not usually nocturnal beings. Elephants near human habitats, on the other hand, use large water bodies as refuge sites in the absence of forests around them and feed on nutritious crops for four to five hours at night. Frontier Elephants is a collaborative effort by like-minded people from the Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning, National Institute …

‘Tamil Nadu committed to securing elephant corridors’
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Tamil Nadu committed to securing elephant corridors’

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu is committed to securing elephant corridors, according to Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests. At the inaugural function of Tamil Nadu Elephant Conclave 2023 in Coimbatore on Friday, she said, “The Elephant Corridor Committee has completed field visits in Tamil Nadu, covering all elephant-spread areas. After the final evaluation, the corridors will be frozen …

Forest personnel monitor Arikomban’s movement at tiger reserve in Kanniyakumari
1 year, 9 months ago

Forest personnel monitor Arikomban’s movement at tiger reserve in Kanniyakumari

The Hindu  

June 07, 2023 04:45 am | Updated 04:56 pm IST - KANNIYAKUMARI After releasing the tranquilised wild elephant Arikomban in the Lower Gothaiyar Dam area of the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Kanniyakumari district shortly before Monday midnight, the forest personnel have camped there to monitor the movement of the tusker. Since the truck carrying the elephant could not be taken …

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants
1 year, 10 months ago

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Government is initiating several steps to ensure the safe passage of elephants that move in from Odisha, Karnataka and Tamil Naidu to AP districts on a regular basis. In compliance with the advice of the Project Elephant Steering Committee of the Wildlife Institute of India and also taking note of the observations of the Supreme Court, …

SC seeks Centre’s stand on having statutory body for elephants
2 years, 1 month ago

SC seeks Centre’s stand on having statutory body for elephants

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre whether it intended to have a statutory authority for protecting elephants similar to the lines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and sought a reply in this regard within four weeks. Hearing a public interest litigation filed by journalist Prerna Singh Bindra and two other activists, a bench headed by Chief Justice …

Govt looks to update elephant corridors to mitigate human-animal conflict in six states
2 years, 1 month ago

Govt looks to update elephant corridors to mitigate human-animal conflict in six states

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata The Union environment ministry is in the process of updating and reviewing elephant corridors across India to better manage human-animal conflict, a senior government official in charge of the country’s elephant conservation project said on Friday. In 2005, Wildlife Trust of India and Asian Nature Conservation Foundation in collaboration with state forest departments, Project Elephant and researchers had identified …

Foresters plan steps to address elephant menace, seeks Rs 40 crore funding
2 years, 2 months ago

Foresters plan steps to address elephant menace, seeks Rs 40 crore funding

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: To curb the menace of elephants from the wild eating away crops and destroying the properties of villagers, the forest authorities have come up with an action plan. They propose to erect fences and set up barricades around the 300-hectare reserve forest area at a cost of Rs 40 crore in Parvathipuram-Manyam district. The forest authorities intend to dig …

Mapping of elephant corridors not done ‘properly’ in Odisha, says wildlife expert Sukumar
2 years, 4 months ago

Mapping of elephant corridors not done ‘properly’ in Odisha, says wildlife expert Sukumar

The Hindu  

Amid reports of rampant elephant deaths due to man-elephant conflicts in Odisha, the Orissa High Court was informed that the mapping of the elephant corridors in the State had not been done ‘properly’. Highlighting several issues on the subject, Mr. Sukumar was very critical on the mapping of the elephant corridors of Odisha upon which the Odisha Chief Conservator of …

Reconnection of elephant populations in southern Africa vital - new research
2 years, 4 months ago

Reconnection of elephant populations in southern Africa vital - new research

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new …

Declare elephant corridors in Corbett as ‘eco-sensitive zones’: Uttarakhand HC
2 years, 6 months ago

Declare elephant corridors in Corbett as ‘eco-sensitive zones’: Uttarakhand HC

Hindustan Times  

Expressing serious concern over encroachments and obstructions, Uttarakhand high court directed the state government to consider declaring elephant corridors in the Jim Corbett National Park as “eco-sensitive zones” and not to allow constructions in any form like hotels, resorts and restaurants which fall within the identified corridors in the area. The HC also directed officials to protect the already identified …

Conserving elephants in the southernmost western ghats
2 years, 7 months ago

Conserving elephants in the southernmost western ghats

The Hindu  

As a child, Gopal saw a herd of 37 elephants — yes, he counted them one by one — on the southern edge of the Western Ghats. “The Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve administration has drawn up plans for resurrecting the elephant migratory paths and removing encroachments along the corridors within the landscape,” says N. Senthil Kumar, Field Director, KMTR. Compact …

All three human deaths in O’Valley caused by different elephants, say officials
2 years, 8 months ago

All three human deaths in O’Valley caused by different elephants, say officials

The Hindu  

Forest Department officials confirmed that all three human deaths in O’Valley in Gudalur over the last two months were caused by three different elephants, and not by a single tusker, as alleged by local residents. “Local residents are demanding that the Forest Department capture the tusker known as OVT-1, alleging that this elephant is responsible for all three deaths,” said …

Kuthiran tunnel causes an unexpected human-wild elephant conflict
2 years, 9 months ago

Kuthiran tunnel causes an unexpected human-wild elephant conflict

The Hindu  

The opening of the Kuthiran twin tunnels has inadvertently opened doors for human-wild elephant conflict. As traffic on the Kuthiran road through the Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife sanctuary has come down considerably after the opening of the tunnels, wild elephants, hitherto restrained to the Peechi range, have started crossing the road to enter the Machad range, which has been devoid of elephants. …

Elephant menace: Experts from Nagarahole National Park sent to Belthangady
3 years ago

Elephant menace: Experts from Nagarahole National Park sent to Belthangady

Deccan Chronicle  

Mangaluru: A team of experts from Nagarahole National Park have reached to Belthangady where herd of elephants wrecking havoc in the human habitation area. Elephants coming from the nearby forest enter the plantations and destroy crops like coconut, arecanut, and banana. Considering the seriousness of the situation, the forest officials invited experts from Nagarahole National Park. Their task is to …

Elephantine journey: Maharashtra's elephant corridor bodes well for conservation efforts
3 years, 2 months ago

Elephantine journey: Maharashtra's elephant corridor bodes well for conservation efforts

The Hindu  

It has been more than three months since a herd of wild elephants wandered across the Chhattisgarh border to the forests of Gadchiroli in eastern Maharashtra. Therefore, Kishor Rithe believes, “wild elephants and buffaloes can live in the combined forest area of the present Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts as the habitat of these two animals is the same. Tourism with …

Forest officials chalk up plans to curb wild elephant trouble
3 years, 2 months ago

Forest officials chalk up plans to curb wild elephant trouble

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakhapatanam: Forest officials have devised strategies to prevent wild elephants from entering human settlements and trampling people and destroying crops in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. During the musth period, which usually lasts four or five months, elephants tend to grow more aggressive, said sources from the forest department. He said forest personnel are selectively interfering with the movement of elephants, …

Elephants damage ration shop, houses near Valparai
3 years, 6 months ago

Elephants damage ration shop, houses near Valparai

The Hindu  

Three wild elephants which have been roaming near Valparai damaged a ration shop and two houses on Sunday night. Forest officials said the elephants have been straying into human habitations at Ettiyar, which falls under Manombolly forest range of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, for the last several weeks. The same elephants also damaged the doors of two houses, possibly in …

NGT Directs Odisha Government To Notify Elephant Corridors Within Two Months
3 years, 7 months ago

NGT Directs Odisha Government To Notify Elephant Corridors Within Two Months

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal, East Zone Bench, Kolkata has directed the Odisha state government to notify the elephant corridors in terms of the elephant corridors as identified by the Asian Nature Conservation Foundation and the Action Plan on the the time-line for implementation of the recommendations made by the ANCF, within a period of two months.Judicial Member, Justice B. The …

No Backing Down? Man-elephant Conflict in Assam Leads to Colossal Loss of Lives
3 years, 8 months ago

No Backing Down? Man-elephant Conflict in Assam Leads to Colossal Loss of Lives

News 18  

A recently shot video captured a herd of wild elephants and a mongrel caught in a ‘verbal standoff’ in Nambar forest of Golaghat district of Assam. The decision has been taken after the death of 18 wild elephants in Nagaon district due to a “massive lightning bolt.” An official said that at a high-level meeting, attended by three ministers and …

50 hectares in the critical Kallar elephant corridor declared as private forest
3 years, 9 months ago

50 hectares in the critical Kallar elephant corridor declared as private forest

The Hindu  

Inching a step towards the protection of one of the most critical elephant corridors in Tamil Nadu, the Coimbatore District Collector has declared 50.79 hectares of private land in the Kallar elephant corridor area as private forest under the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949. “The plan of the Forest Department is to bring the entire private lands …

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants
4 years, 1 month ago

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants

The Hindu  

With rows of Sri Lankan flags fluttering in the morning breeze, it was not hard to spot the Independence Day event on Thursday in Walsapugala village, in the southern Hambantota district. “What does an Independence Day mean, when neither our farmers nor our elephants are free?” Mr. Samarawickrama’s organisation, and some 80 other farmer groups in the district, have been …

Protecting pachyderm pathways
4 years, 5 months ago

Protecting pachyderm pathways

The Hindu  

With the Supreme Court having delivered its landmark verdict upholding the 2011 Madras High Court order notifying the Sigur elephant corridor in The Nilgiris, the future of wildlife using the landscape, particularly elephants, is secure. “All the resorts and buildings in the Sigur corridor should be demolished soon in the wake of the Supreme Court order,” says A.J.T. Davidar, who …

SC Upholds Tamil Nadu Government's 'Elephant Corridor' Notification; Appoints 3 Member Committee To Hear Objections Of Land/Resort Owners [Read Judgment]
4 years, 5 months ago

SC Upholds Tamil Nadu Government's 'Elephant Corridor' Notification; Appoints 3 Member Committee To Hear Objections Of Land/Resort Owners [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the Tamil Nadu Government notification declaring an 'Elephant Corridor' in the Sigur Plateau of Nilgiris District.The bench comprising the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna upheld the Madras High Court judgment which had directed resort owners and other private landowners to vacate and hand over …

Supreme Court upholds 2011 Madras HC order on T.N. elephant corridor
4 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court upholds 2011 Madras HC order on T.N. elephant corridor

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Tamil Nadu government’s authority to notify an ‘elephant corridor’ and protect the migratory path of the animals through the Nilgiri biosphere reserve. The Supreme Court judgment came on 32 appeals filed by resorts/private land owners, including Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty, against a Madras High Court decision of July 2011. Chief Justice Bobde had …

A Mammoth Problem
5 years, 4 months ago

A Mammoth Problem

New Indian Express  

However, what a senior forest official has to say twists the entire narrative of the villagers and raises a pertinent question: who is the real intruder? The official from Kadayanallur told TNIE that what is farmland today could have been an elephant corridor, say 20 or 50 years ago. A lack of proper protective measures could be one of the …

Elephant overturns vehicle on Nilgiris border
5 years, 8 months ago

Elephant overturns vehicle on Nilgiris border

Deccan Chronicle  

OOTY: The resurfacing of the man-elephant conflict saw people at Gudalur on the Nilgiris border resorting to a road-roko early on Sunday morning. A wild elephant which strayed into the NH along Thorappalli bordering the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve began to charge at a jeep on the road and overturned it. As the road-roko stir continued for nearly two hours, traffic …

Ooty: Elephant menace rising on Kundah slopes
5 years, 11 months ago

Ooty: Elephant menace rising on Kundah slopes

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: Incidents of wild elephants straying into settlements and fields have risen on the Kundah slopes here. The herd of wild elephants that strayed into the Geddai limits in the foothills of Kundah bordering, Mulli in Kerala, has made life a nightmare for residents of the area. As this herd criss-crosses the Geddai - Mulli hamlets and starts raiding crops, …

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