Chennai ,March 29,2025 A day after a 38-year-old man was killed in a tiger attack in The Nilgiris, the Tamil Nadu forest department got into action by fixing camera traps and deploying surveillance teams. A senior official of the Tamil Nadu forest department said that the department has stepped up surveliiance in the spot where […]
TN forest department install surveillance cameras to monitor leopard movement in Mettur ,Salem
Chennai,March 27,2025 The Tamil Nadu forest department officials have installed surveillance cameras and set up cages in Mettur village of Salem district following villagers complaining of leopard presence in the area. Villagers and farmers in the area have complained to the forest department that a leopard has recently been attacking local livestock, including dogs, goats, […]
8 of 19 missing Assam workers found in Arunachal forest
Itanagar, July 23 (BPNS) After 18 days, eight of the 19 Assam workers, who went missing near the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district, were rescued from a jungle, officials said on Saturday night. Kurung Kumey Deputy Commissioner Bengia Nighee said that all the eight rescued workers were critical and their health condition […]
TN forest department to identify elephant corridors in newly declared reserve
Chennai, July 8(BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department officials have commenced preparing Detailed project reports (DPR) to identify elephant corridors in the newly declared Agasthyarmalai Elephant Reserve. It is to be noted that the Union Ministry for Environment has cleared the Tamil Nadu Forest department’s proposal to declare 1197. 48 sq km of forest land in […]
Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve commences pre-monsoon survey
Chennai, June 27 (BPNS) The pre-monsoon bi-annual survey as part of the monitoring of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has commenced at the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR). The survey has begun at all the 10 ranges in the STR as the pre-monsoon survey is done between June and July while the post-monsoon survey is done […]
TN forest department tracks leopard that killed cow in Erode
Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) The forest department officials of Tamil Nadu have warned people to stay indoors at Talavadi in Erode as a leopard that had killed a cow on Tuesday at the village is on the prowl. Officials of the Tamil Nadu forest department told media persons that they have installed drones to track […]
TN forest department asks motorists not to stop at Satyamangalam forest area
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department has advised motorists traveling by Coimbatore- Bengaluru National Highway 948 not to halt their vehicles on the Dhimbam- Hasanur route of Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR). The forest department has taken this initiative as wild animals frequently cross the stretch at many points and to prevent human-animal conflict […]
TN , Karnataka forest departments in pursuit of tiger that killed three cows in Erode
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu and Karnataka forest officials are in joint combing operations to capture a tiger that had killed three cows in broad daylight at Talavady in Erode district in three separate incidents in the past two weeks. Forest officials in Tamil Nadu told BPNS that farmlands were 1 km from […]
Gudalur forest officials in TN install early warning system on two killer elephants
Chennai, May 31 (BPNS) Forest officials of Gudalur forest range are on high alert after two elephants- a makana and a tusker killed two people in Baram and Arattuparai forest areas on Thursday and Friday. While a 46-year-old tea shop owner was killed on Thursday by an elephant, a 40-year-old woman was killed on Friday […]
TN tribal hamlet deprived of power after Tangedco insists payment from forest dept
Chennai, May 29 (BPNS) The Erumaiparai tribal hamlet in Anamalai Tiger Reserve is deprived of power connection and people are still in the dark while night sets in the settlement. The Tamil Nadu forest department has submitted applications to the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution (Tangedco) company for providing power to the tribal hamlet. The […]