50 hectares in the critical Kallar elephant corridor declared as private forest
The Hindu
This is the first corridor area in the State to be brought under the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949
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. This is the first corridor area in the State to be brought under the Act and Collector S. Nagarajan completed the process in a record time of 30 days, said D. Venkatesh, District Forest Officer, Coimbatore Forest Division. With the declaration of the land as private forest, there will be regulations on sale of these properties and permission has to be obtained for change in land use. “No person shall reduce the utility of the land as forest as the areas have been declared as private forest. It is very important to monitor the land use in such critical corridors,” said I. Anwardeen, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Coimbatore Circle).More Related News