Farmers from Thevaram in Theni district seek protection for crops from elephants; stage demonstration in front of forest office
The Hindu
Members of Periyar Vaigai Paasana Vivasayigal Sangam staged a demo at Forest Dept. office, demanding officials to prevent elephants from entering farms. They asked for compensation for loss of lives & produce, NOC for road connecting TN & Kerala, & action against poaching. Police prevented members from laying siege, but a delegation submitted a memo to ADFO & dispersed.
Members affiliated to the Periyar Vaigai Paasana Vivasayigal Sangam staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Forest Department here on Friday.
Demanding the officials to prevent elephants from trespassing into farms, the members said that in the last one month alone, three elephants had destroyed coconut trees in Thevaram block. “The pachyderms should be chased into the national park in Mathikettan Solai on the Kerala side,” they said.
Repeated pleas to the forest officials to help protect their crops and prevent wild animals from trespassing into farms had not fetched any tangible result, they charged and urged them to give compensation for the loss of lives and destruction of their produce.
Further they said that they have been demanding the forest department to issue a No Objection Certificate for laying a road connecting Tamil Nadu and Kerala at Sakkaluthu Mettu ghat section. “There has been a rise in poaching activities in Bodi reserve forest area, which should be stopped by the forest officials,” they said.
The members also alleged that a forest official in Theni district had given permission for film shooting in Kurangani ghat section, where there are restrictions. The official had been continuously neglecting the warnings from the public in Kurangani and none of the senior officials in the Forest department appeared to be taking stringent action.
As the members tried to lay a siege to the office, the police prevented them. Later, a delegation submitted a memorandum to the Assistant District Forest Officer and dispersed.
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