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All 42 amerciable resorts operating astir the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) were sealed by the Erode territory medication connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026), successful compliance with an bid of the Madras High Court.
Based connected a nationalist involvement litigation (PIL) petition filed successful 2022 by biology activistic R. Karpagam of Coimbatore, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan, connected January 5, 2026, directed the Erode District Collector S. Kandasamy to initiate enactment against the amerciable resorts and taxable a presumption study by January 19, pursuing which last orders would beryllium passed.
Acting connected the Collector’s directions, officials of the Rural Development Department, connected January 6, issued notices to 21 resorts each successful Thalamalai and Hasanur villages successful the Thalavadi hills. The notices asked the edifice owners and operators to taxable applicable documents by January 12, 2026, if they had obtained support to operate, failing which the buildings would beryllium sealed connected January 13. However, nary of the edifice owners oregon operators produced the required documents.
On Tuesday, 5 authoritative teams, accompanied by constabulary personnel, carried retired the sealing process by pasting notices connected the premises and sealing the resorts. Officials said the workout was completed by the afternoon. They added that efforts were besides nether mode to place different establishments functioning without mandatory permissions successful the elevation area.
