In a move to prevent poaching, and to monitor the movement of people in forest areas at the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border, the State government is planning to set up an integrated check-post at the existing Karaikadu check-post, near river Palar, in Salem district
Forest areas falling under Chennampatti in the Erode forest division, Palar in Kolathur in Salem district and Malaikottai in Karnataka, converge near the river Palar on the Mettur-M.M. Hills Road. Many incidents of poaching and firing on poachers have been reported here for several years now.
Recently, Erode Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara, Salem Collector S. Karmegam, Superintendents of Police G. Jawahar (Erode), A.K. Arun Kabilan (Salem), Additional Collectors N. Manish (Erode), P. Alarmelmangai (Salem), District Forest Officers N. Venkatesh Prabhu (Erode), Kashyap Shashank Ravi (Salem) and other officials, inspected the Karaikadu check-post and held discussions.
