Dear Friends,

Green Greetings!

We came to know that some of the encroachers set fire in the protected forest area, nearly 100 acres and cultivating cash crops in sirumalai Hills. iGREEN and Equal Justice had jointly organised fact finding visit with lawyers and media persons and gone to sirumalai Hills. We were shocked when we saw fired forest land. The thick forest covers about 50 square hectares and has valued trees including teak, silver oak, neem, Banyan and sandal wood.  Trees of 100 acres land were cut down and fired by the encroachers.

Herewith i am sharing some of the snap shots during the visit

some of the daily new paper has published  about the issue today  iGREEN and Equal Justice are planning to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL ) in Madurai High court, if the forest department not take any immediate action.