The Madras High Court directed the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to prepare a catalogue of all captive elephants in the State. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Rangarajan Narasimhan.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Department of Water Resources, Central Water Commission, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu governments, among others, over the proposed dam on the Cauvery river.
The High of Karnataka has today asked the State Government to explain how after accepting the proposal of Isha Foundation to implement the Cauvery Calling project, it is allowing Isha Outreach to claim it as its project.