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Tamil Nadu
By Our Special Correspondent
The Chief Minister also released a souvenir on IT initiatives in the forestry sector. Besides, she inaugurated the Forest department Geomatics centre, which would enable officials to map geographical changes in forests through satellite pictures and which also contains district forest atlas. Ms. Jayalalithaa released a book, A landmark decision to Save Nilgiris by a Green Chief Minister, authored by the Save Nilgiris Campaign convener, Dharmalingam Venugopal, highlighting her directive stopping the Kallarpallam hydel project planned in the district during her previous tenure in 1995. The Chief Minister gave cash assistance to the families of two forest watchers, who were killed during an anti-poaching patrol a few months ago. . In November, Surendra Raja was keeping vigil in Ichipali in the Nilgiris reserve forests, on a tip-off of a possible raid by poachers. But an elephant trampled him to death. His wife received a cheque for Rs. 5 lakhs from the Chief Minister Relief Fund. Earlier in October, Seegan, who was on his rounds in Chikkala in the Mudumulai range, was shot dead by a gang of poachers. His daughter, Lakshmi, was presented with a cheque for Rs. 4 lakhs.
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