20,000 trees may face axe for solar fencing in Chalakudy forests, ANEC Trust seeks halt

Kochi, Oct 12 (UNI) The proposed hanging solar fencing project in the Chalakudy Forest Division has come under scrutiny, with the Animals and Nature Ethics Community (ANEC Trust) seeking an immediate halt to tree felling and related works amid concerns that nearly 20,000 trees could be affected, threatening wildlife habitats and elephant movement corridors. In a supplementary representation submitted on October 11 to the Central Empowered Committee (CEC), the union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and senior Kerala Forest Department authorities, the Trust called for an independent investigation, verification of statutory clearances and suspension of all irreversible…