Mettuppalayam: The Odanthurai Panchayat in Mettuppalayam at the foothills of Western Ghats on Wednesday resolved not to grant approval for conversion of agricultural lands into layouts in a bid to prevent obstructions in the elephant corridor.
A gram sabha meeting adopted a resolution stating that mushrooming real estate business at the foothills was posing a threat to the elephant corridor and
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/resolution-favour-elephant-corridor
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/croplands
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant