A division bench comprising Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice N Kirubakaran, passing orders on a PIL filed by R Vishnu Ram Saravanavel, expressed unhappiness over the sloppy implementation of its orders and said all illegally erected solar-powered electrical fencing which were restricting free movement of animals and 'virtually cutting across the elephant corridor' should be removed forthwith.
On December 3, 2009, a bench headed by Justice Rao ordered eviction of all those occupying reserved forest areas cutting across the corridor and asked authorities to demolish resorts dotting the elephant path. It also asked removal of unregulated solar fencing, put up by resorts, besides the tribals and forest dwellers.
When special leave petitions were filed challenging the order, the Supreme Court stayed a portion of the order concerning dispossession and demolition of resorts only. Pointing out that the high court directions relating to the removal of solar fencing were not interfered with, the present bench said on Thursday: "So far nothing fruitful seems to have been done by authorities towards removing these solar fences." It then asked the authorities to file their reply to the PIL within two weeks. Read the full report here.
Source: Times News Network, Chennai.
