Forests Minister holds review meeting on conservation measures
The Hindu
Minister for Forests M. Mathiventhan held a review meeting with officials on forest conservation measures
Minister for Forests M. Mathiventhan on Friday held a review meeting with officials on forest conservation measures.
The Minister said ₹10 crore has been allocated for prevention of human-wildlife conflicts, ₹6.29 crore for modernisation of forest force, ₹10.26 crore for tiger reserve development works from Central and State governments. Mr. Mathiventhan also went over the Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Conservation and Greening Project for Climate Change under Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) fund for eight years being implemented over eight years from 2022-23 to 2029-30 at a cost of ₹920.52 crore and recent measures to increase of green cover of the State under the Green Tamil Nadu Mission.
Top officials including Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) (Head of Forest Force) Subrat Mohapatra; PCCF, CAMPA Sudhanshu Gupta; PCCF, Working Plan, Vijendra Singh Malik; PCCF, Chief Wildlife Warden Srinivas Reddy were part of the meeting.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”