Summary:
The petitioner claimed that the corporation had been growing the eucalyptus trees in Sivaganga, Pudukottai and many other districts in the State. more-inA public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here to restrain Tamil Nadu Forest Plantation Corporation from planting eucalyptus saplings for commercial purposes. The petition has been filed on the ground that those trees were globally known as “water suckers” and they take in more groundwater compared to other species. A Division Bench of Justices A.
Selvam and N.
Authinathan on Monday ordered notice to the Corporation on the PIL petition filed by Solaimalai alias Sivasolaimalai, a resident of Palaiyur village in Sivaganga district..