The 140-year-old Nilgiris Wildlife and Environment Association (NWEA), the most ancient of its kind in the country, is dealing with closure. Collector of Nilgiris, informed that she is expecting a court order within this regard to obtain the concluding call. In 2015, NWEA dealings reached the High Court over a few problems a lot of members submitted their resignations to the district collector. None of the members, aside from two to five , indulge in the routines. Numerous members have associated themselves to NWEA just for social position and to call their selves environmentalists as well as consersvationists.