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more-inThe Madras High Court on Thursday ordered that government officials should not precipitate issues related to the proposed Chennai-Salem greenfield expressway. The Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary in Dharmapuri district was situated 66.16 km away, he said. ‘No threat to wildlife’In his submissions, Advocate General Vijay Narayan told the court that there was no impediment in implementing the project from the point of wildlife, since the Vedanthangal as well as Karikili bird sanctuaries were situated far away from the proposed expressway. The order was passed after it was brought to the notice of the court that police had arrested locals who had arranged for activist Yogendra Yadav’s visit to Salem recently. The A-G told the court that efforts were under way to obtain the cancellation of bail got by two people accused of having cut 109 trees on the proposed route in the guise of removing few wind fallen trees..