COIMBATORE: Summer is yet to peak, but personnel in the Coimbatore division forest department have already started sweating it out as a few forest fires broke out at Devarayapuram in Boluvampatti range and Perumalmudi in Coimbatore range recently. They hope that the summer of 2025 would not be the same as 2023, when Coimbatore forest division recorded 11 fires, the …
The Forest Department has intensified patrols in places with increased risk of forest fires in the Coimbatore Forest Division. District Forest Officer N. Jayaraj said that five to six fire watchers were deputed in each of the seven forest ranges, who will conduct regular patrols. These watchers will patrol areas that have high risk of forest fire, besides collecting intelligence …
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to hold an inspection at the electric crematorium set up by Isha Yoga Centre at Ikkarai Boluvampatti in Coimbatore and file a report on its findings by June 26. Moreover, he stated that permission for raising the crematorium was granted by the civic body authorities without …
A female elephant and its calf damaged a house near Semmedu in Coimbatore district on Thursday night. According to the Forest Department officials, the two elephants came to the Boluvampatti valley from the adjacent Thadagam valley, where they had caused extensive damage to houses and properties. The two elephants had damaged several houses in Pannimadai village and other places, including …
