Narsipur - yog centre road

A 50 year old woman farm worker was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Pattiyarkovilpatti village on the Narsipuram - isha yoga centre road on Tuesday.

Sarada had arrived in Pattiyarkovilpatti along with her family, over a week ago to harvest small onions from a field near the village.

Sarada had gone to attend nature's call around 6.45 am.
Her daughter-in-law heard an elephant trumpet, went in search and found the mangled body.

"We had warned the villagers not to venture out in the fields before 8 am, as there were lot of elephants in the area," an official said.

Wild elephant tramples woman farm worker 
Times Of India,  Wednesday, August 23, 2017

International community taken for a ride?

Supreme Court warned that it would put the environment secretary behind bars, if the government failed to give a road map within a week, for conservation of wetlands.

The court said, government was not keen on conserving wetlands.

The bench noted that although the government talked about it's commitment to the Paris Accord on climate change, it was not concerned about environment protection in the country.

"You have taken us for a ride and made the proceedings a joke.
You are a signatory to the 1971 International Convention on Wetlands. 
You are bound to frame a policy for their preservation.
How will you face the international community?
What will you tell them about it's implementation?" , the Court asked. 
And slapped a fine of Rs. 50, 000.

Amit Anand Choudhary
The Times Of India, July 14, 2017

by acquiring land

The Supreme Court on Friday told the Federal government to consider making 27 high priority elephant corridors - in nine member states - human-free by acquiring land.

The Court told the Federation that, it must examine the suggestion thoroughly, before filing its response.

August 5  2017, The Times of India, Chennai