Court Lauds TN Govt's Measures to Remove Invasive Weed Species

THE Madras High Court has lauded the Tamil Nadu government for its concerted action to remove invasive weed species, including Lantana camara and Prosopis juliflora, and save the environment and ecology by formulating clear policies.

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"At the outset, we record that the Forest department is making good progress in the matter of removal of invasive species in the sense that it has formulated clear policy in respect of each of the species. We think the time has come to make giant strides in this regard," said a special division bench of Justices N Sathish Kumar and D Bharatha Chakravarthy recently while hearing the petitions relating to forest-related matters.