The Forest Department, which is struggling to mitigate the increasing human–animal conflict situation, is now worried over the proposal for future constructions closer to the reserve forest boundary.
Coimbatore Forest Division with an area of 690 sq km is found to be having conflicts in 400 sq km spread over 58 border villages and 315 km of forest boundary. Division comprises of Booluvampatti, Coimbatore, Periyanaickenpalayam, Mettuppalayam, Karamadai and Sirumugai. Of this Booluvampatti, Coimbatore, Periyanaickenpalayam and Mettuppalayam are proving to be high conflict prone.
The Forest Department has now embarked on an exercise of issuing notice to builders who intend to have compound walls for their gated communities constructed near reserve forest boundary. One such example was a proposed construction with a compound wall at the foothills of Marudhamalai, which was already witnessing frequent conflict situations. The Department has slapped a notice asking the promoter not to plan for a compound wall as it would only infuriate the elephants and cause further loss and damage.
The Department is also writing letters to all the local bodies and officials of the Tangedco requesting them not to issue building plan approvals, water supply and power supply connections for constructions that are planned very closer to the reserve boundary with not even an elbow space of buffer zone.
In cases where permissions had been granted, the promoters are being asked to bring their approved plans for a scrutiny to evolve measures to ease or eliminate an impending conflict situation. The promoters are being asked to stop further construction activities.
As such as there are more number of buildings along the migratory corridor and closer to the reserve forest boundary disturbing the pachyderm population and if the upcoming buildings were also to be permitted, the rate of human – animal conflict will go manifold, the forest officials said.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/realty-near-reserve-forests-to-come-under-scanner/article4303656.ece
Coimbatore Forest Division with an area of 690 sq km is found to be having conflicts in 400 sq km spread over 58 border villages and 315 km of forest boundary. Division comprises of Booluvampatti, Coimbatore, Periyanaickenpalayam, Mettuppalayam, Karamadai and Sirumugai. Of this Booluvampatti, Coimbatore, Periyanaickenpalayam and Mettuppalayam are proving to be high conflict prone.
The Forest Department has now embarked on an exercise of issuing notice to builders who intend to have compound walls for their gated communities constructed near reserve forest boundary. One such example was a proposed construction with a compound wall at the foothills of Marudhamalai, which was already witnessing frequent conflict situations. The Department has slapped a notice asking the promoter not to plan for a compound wall as it would only infuriate the elephants and cause further loss and damage.
The Department is also writing letters to all the local bodies and officials of the Tangedco requesting them not to issue building plan approvals, water supply and power supply connections for constructions that are planned very closer to the reserve boundary with not even an elbow space of buffer zone.
Scrutiny
In cases where permissions had been granted, the promoters are being asked to bring their approved plans for a scrutiny to evolve measures to ease or eliminate an impending conflict situation. The promoters are being asked to stop further construction activities.
As such as there are more number of buildings along the migratory corridor and closer to the reserve forest boundary disturbing the pachyderm population and if the upcoming buildings were also to be permitted, the rate of human – animal conflict will go manifold, the forest officials said.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/realty-near-reserve-forests-to-come-under-scanner/article4303656.ece
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