Expert committees on elephants in Tamil Nadu remain on paper
The Hindu
Members of the two committees said that they ceased to function after a few online meetings and no detailed report was submitted to the Forest Department.
Two expert committees formed by the Forest Department in July 2020 to study the elephant population in Tamil Nadu and deaths of elephants in Coimbatore Forest Division are no longer functional. Members of the two committees said that they ceased to function after a few online meetings and no detailed report was submitted to the Department. The first committee of seven members was formed on July 2, 2020 to study deaths of elephants in Coimbatore Forest Division from January 1, 2017 to July 2, 2020 after the division reported multiple deaths of wild elephants.More Related News