Pykara lake
The court adjourned the hearing to Dec 4 for filing further status reports. COIMBATORE: The Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu forest department to enforce limitations on visitors to the Pykara Lake boat house in Udhagamandalam. The court also made permanent an interim order banning operation of mechanised boats in the lake. A special bench of Justice N Sathish Kumar and Justice G K Muthukumaar for hearing forest and environment-related cases passed the order while hearing a batch of pleas involving issues related to conservation of forests and ecology of the hill station, including a plea seeking to declare the Western Ghats as a Special Eco-Sensitive Zone. The court recommended that the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) allow viewing the lake from the bank and the boat house, guided nature walks on fixed paths, conducted by the forest department; and interpretation of the forest, the hydel scheme and the Toda heritage of the area.