Forest dept clears encroachment in Chinnakkanal
The Forest department has successfully cleared an encroachment on forest land in Chinnakkanal, which was affecting a wild elephant corridor. Encroachers had illegally cultivated cardamom in the area, blocking the migration paths of elephants. The department has destroyed the illegal crops and plans to monitor the area to prevent future encroachments.
- ▪The encroachment was located along a wild elephant corridor in Chinnakkanal.
- ▪Encroachers had planted cardamom in the catchment area of the Anayirankal dam reservoir.
- ▪The Forest department destroyed the illegal crops and removed iron cables that blocked elephant migration paths.
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The Forest department has cleared a major encroachment on a forest land along a wild elephant corridor in Chinnakkanal, near Munnar. According to officials, the department manages a five-hectare pine plantation spread across the Chinnakkanal and Rajakumari villages under the Devikulam forest range. Encroachers had planted cardamom in the catchment area of the Anayirankal dam reservoir — which belongs to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) — and extended the illegal cultivation into the forest department-owned pine plantation.Devikulam Range Officer Arun Kumar stated that 18 wild elephants, including a well-known tusker named Chakkakompan, roam the area.
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