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The death of an elephant in the Nilgiris spotlights the tussle over a conservation project
The Sigur Elephant Corridor, connecting the Western and Eastern Ghats, is facing resistance because it will displace over 12,000 people.
The recent conflict between the owners of a homestay and a male elephant in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu, that led to the death of the tusker, has again brought into focus the tussle over land that is being earmarked for elephant movement in the area. The dispute, which has gone through years of litigation in the courts, got intense after the area to be acquired for the corridor was expanded, displacing those whose lives and livelihoods depended on the lands that were being earmarked for the animals.
Udhagamandalam: Tribal members who are holding office in grama panchayats welcomed the appointment of conservationist Nandita Hazarika by the Supreme Court as a new member of the Sigur elephant corridor inquiry committee in the place of Ajay Desai, who passed away last November.
Tribal members had written to Justice K Venkatraman, chairman of the three-member committee, to remove Desai and Praveen Bhargava. Hazarika is a biologist from Assam.
Based on the 32 appeals upholding the direction of the Madras high court in 2011, the SC, on October 14, 2020, directed the Tamil Nadu government to notify the Sigur elephant corridor in the Nilgiris district. The apex court also appointed a three-member committee headed by Venkatraman to hear the complaints of resort owners against the action taken by the Nilgiris collector and other allied issues.
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SC committee to hear resorts and land owners of Nilgiris.
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SC committee to hear resorts and land owners of Nilgiris.
The Supreme Court on January 27 appointed conservationist Nandita Hazarika as Member of a Technical Committee constituted by it on October 14 last year to hear complaints by land owners against the action taken by the Nilgris Collector, which included sealing of their buildings and allegations about the “arbitrary variance in acreage of the elephant corridor.”
The order came after a Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde was informed of the death of one of the committee members, Ajay Desai, through an application filed by the Hospitality Association of Mudumalai.