Trees cut along State highway

According to a report in the Times of India, on 22 October residents of Kuilapalayam and Edayanchavadi villages objected to the Foundation’s decision to cut large trees along the highway connecting the two villages. On learning that the trees were being cut, they gathered and protested, forcing work to stop. Police arrived and held peace talks with the villagers. In a release, the Auroville Foundation clarified that six trees along the highway were being removed to lay the Outer Ring Road, and that “The Foundation strictly followed all legal procedures.”