Solar fencing of township project near Coimbatore removed for failing to maintain minimum buffer zone of 150 metres
Forest officials in Coimbatore have removed solar fencing from a G Square real estate project for failing to maintain a court-mandated 150-meter buffer zone near forest boundaries. The buffer is intended to protect local elephant habitats.
Why it matters
The enforcement highlights the tension between real estate development and environmental conservation, specifically regarding wildlife corridors.
Some stretches of solar fencing erected by plotted real estate developer G Square around its township project abutting forest areas of the Madukkarai range in Coimbatore district have been removed for failing to maintain a 150-meter minimum buffer zone ordered by a special Division Bench of the Madras High Court.
Forest Department officials said that stretches of fencing, which fell within 150 metres distance from forest boundary, were removed based on the directions from the Bench comprising Justices N. Sathish Kumar and K. Rajasekar in an order dated August 14, 2026.
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