Ecologically-sensitive corridor adjoining Mukurthi National Park under threat from illegal construction
The Hindu
Buildings, and a road leading to the construction site were illegally set up; Forest Department has cut off access to the road and has booked a case
The ecologically-sensitive area of Naduvattam, adjoining the Mukurthi National Park is at risk, due to the construction of buildings as well as an illegal road cutting through forest land. According to officials, a road, measuring 125 meters in length was illegally constructed through a patch of land notified to be declared as a reserve forest in the Pykara forest range in the Nilgiris forest division. The owner of a property in the area, who is alleged to be drawing water illegally from the surrounding Shola forests to construct the buildings, built the road that would serve as an access road to the building site.More Related News

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