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Encroachers set fire to protected forest in catchment area and cultivating cash crops in Sirumalai hills

iGREEN and Equal Justice plan to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL ) in Madurai High Court, if the forest department does not take any immediate action on the fire.

Posted on 29 Sep, 2011 02:28 PM

After knowing that the encroachers set fire in the protected forest area, nearly 100 acres and cultivating cash crops in Sirumalai hills, iGREEN and Equal Justice jointly organised fact finding visit with lawyers and media persons and gone to sirumalai Hills. We were shocked when we saw fired forest land.

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