The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a committee to investigate the alleged diversion of 28 hectares of reserve forest land by the Assam government for the establishment of an Assam police commando battalion camp at the Assam-Nagaland interstate border in Geleky Reserve Forest. The probe involves officers from the ministry of environment, forest, and climate change.
Lingambudhi Lake in Mysuru is set to be designated as a reserve forest, preserving nature and avian species. Objections solicited by the forest department. Prime bird area and sanctuary for migratory birds.
Two elephants were found dead at different forest ranges in the Nilgiris. Preliminary postmortem reports suggest one elephant died of food poisoning while the other died of age-related ailments.