Petition to declare the Sigur Region, Tamil Nadu, an “Elephant Corridor
Kindly download the Petition to declare the Sigur Region, Tamil Nadu, an “Elephant Corridor” here.
Action Alert: Critical Indian Elephant Habitat Threatened Again, Must Enact Important Elephant Corridor - forests.org
Kindly find the websites links related to wildlife corridor case in Nilgiris.
MoEF backs villagers
Green ministry backs villagers facing eviction in Tamil Nadu elephant corridor - Times of IndiaContempt Case - Nilgiris District Collector and District Forest Officer
Nilgiris Collector told to appear before court in contempt case - The HinduElephant Corridor: Collector, DFO pulled up - The New Indian Express
Officials cancel NOC issued for sale of property in elephant corridor - Times of India
MoEF Set up another panel and High Court dubs it
Shut resorts in tusker corridor: Experts - Times of India
Office Memorandum - Setting up of a team of Experts on Sigur Elephant Corridor - MoEF
Forest officials have their way, set up panel to study court order on elephant corridor - Times of India
Elephant corridor: HC blocks Centre’s move to set up panel - Times of India
Central order on Sigur elephant corridor suspended; court dubs it interference - The Hindu
Jumbo corridor order suspended - Deccan Chronicle
Madras HC suspends Elephant Corridor order - The New Indian Express
National Board for Wildlife - Recommendations
National Board for Wildlife to offer their comments on the report submitted by the Committee constituted by the High Court - NBWL Agenda
Minutes of the 24th Meeting of the Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife held on 13th December 2011 in Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - NBWL MOM - Agenda item No. 3.1
Turf war helps jumbo corridor resorts - Times of India
Removal of Electric fences - High Court order
Remove solar fencing in Elephant Corridor - IBN Live
Cut tusker den electric fence: HC - Deccan Chronicle
Remove solar fencing in Elephant Corridor - Indian Express
HC orders removal of solar fence in Ooty jumbo corridor - Times of India
HC orders govt to remove illegal electrical fences - Zee news
Removal of solar fences in elephant corridor to begin soon - Times of India
Mammoth task to remove solar fences in Ooty - IBN Live
Property owners remove solar fences under official supervision - The Hindu
Solar-fencing being removed arbitrarily, allege Masinagudi residents - Times of India
Fences still illegally electrified at Sigur - Deccan Chronicle
Supreme Court stays High Court order on elephant corridor
Supreme Court stays High Court order on elephant corridor - The Hindu
hearing coming up.
Case goes to Supreme Court
Corridor conundrum - Tigernet | First appeared on The Week
The public notice from Tamil Nadu Forest Department
Elephant Corridor - public notice
The Expert Committee Report
The Expert Committee Report - TNFD
Elephant Task Force Report
Gajah - Securing the Future for Elephants in India - MoEFThe report of the elephant task force - MoEF, August 31,2010
Press reports on Judgement
State fully empowered to notify elephant corridor: High Court - The Hindu
Court nod for elephant corridor - The Hindu
HC order on elephant corridor hailed - Times of India
HC asks Nilgiris resorts to make way for jumbo corridor - Times of India
Elephants to get wider passage - Down to Earth
Govt okays final map of elephant corridor - Times of India
Declaration of private lands as forest upheld - The Hindu
The Madras High Court has upheld the action of The Nilgiris District Collector declaring certain private lands as forest under the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forest Act.
Judgements
The Order of the Court was made S.J.Mukhopadhaya,J- W.P.Nos.10098 of 2008 and 2762 and 2839 of 2009
Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forest Act upheld
Latest High court judgement copy not yet available online.
Press Reports on Supreme court happenings
Actor Mithun Chakraborty moves SC to save his resort that falls in Tamil Nadu elephant corridor - Times of India
Supreme Court stays High Court order on elephant corridor - The Hindu
Setback for jumbo corridor - Down to Earth
NGO response and other responses
WTI response - High Court upholds elephants’ right of passage in Nilgiris; orders demolition of commercial establishments in elephant corridors.
An Appeal for South India’s Wild Elephants! - By Sigur Nature Trust
How Long is the Road from Compassion to Apathy?
Proposed Nilgiris elephant corridor runs into resistance - The Hindu
A corridor for elephants or land sharks? - Tehelka
Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, M. Yousuf Iqbal - Protection of environment a priority
Earlier Supreme Court declines to interfere with High Court order
Supreme Court declines to interfere with High Court order
Earlier Initiatives
High priority for Elephant Corridor Project: Collector - The Hindu
Restrictions on Land sale in Nilgiris - OSAI
50 illegal resorts in elephant habitat - Times of India
TN govt to acquire encroachments on elephant corridor - IBN Live
Village in arms - Down to Earth
Final notification for Nilgiris elephant corridor - The Hindu
Experts meet to discuss elephant conservation in Tamil Nadu - Wildlife Trust of India
Workshop on ELEPHANT CORRIDORS - Held at Coimbatore
Seeking Expenditure details
HC seeks expenditure details on Nilgiris elephant corridor - Times of India
Earlier incidents
French woman killed by elephant in Nilgiris - Times of India
Jumbo attacks Canadian cyclist near Masinagudi - Times of India
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve closure evokes mixed reactions - Bush fire threats and fines collected from Tourists in 2010-2011 - The Hindu
Night Traffic Ban
Night traffic banned on two roads - The Hindu
Dangers on the road - written by S. Theodore Baskaran - The Hindu
Road kill of animals by highway traffic in the tropical forests of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve southern India. - Report by BNHS, WWF, ANCF and AVC College
Poaching
Poachers back: Tiger skin seized in Nilgiris - Times of IndiaConfession of Illegal Trek - Private Photos
Illegal entry into wild - Masinagudi
Encounters in the wild - The Hindu
Gala time in Masinagudi - Blog - and
Night life in resorts & Illegal treks
Illegal possession of Turtle in Bear Mountain Jungle Resort
Animal Encounters during trek - Mudumalai
Elephant Corridor Resorts and Electric Fences
Photographs of Elephant Corridor Resorts and Electric Fences
Neutrino observatory concerns
Environmental Management Plan for INO at Singara and Masinagudi - Report by Care Earth
Another government document proof of Elephant Corridor - Kindly see Pages -18 and 19.
Environmental concerns around the proposed site for the India based Neutrino observatory - A Report by NBR Alliance
The location of the 'India-Based Neutrino Observatory' - Resolution at WPSI website
Neutrino in elephant’s way - India Environmental Portal
Also read this
Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve: fading glory - Report on Tourism by EQUATIONS, (1.58Mb) 15 Feb, 2004
Status Assessment of Tourism on the Sigur Plateau, Tamil Nadu - Report by WWF India
Fuel wood and cattle dung - Sigur plateau report on forest degradation
GIS based study report on forest fire at Mudumalai
Conservation perspective of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Tamil Nadu, Southern India
