Chennai, Sept. 2 -- The Tamil Nadu Government has notified Elathur Lake in Erode District,spanning 37.42.50 hectares, as the State's third Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS).
Ms Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Environment, Climate Changeand Forests Department, in a release here today said the lake was notified as BHS underSection 37(1) of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
The government had earlier notified Arittapatti which was notified in November 2022 and Kasampattinotified in March 2025.
The notification was formally released at the State Secretariat by Tamil Nadu Minister for Forestsand Khadi R.S.Rajakannappan in the presence of Ms Supriya Sahu, Srinivas R. Reddy, PrincipalChief Conservator of Forests and Hea...