Andisunai, a pristine stream at the sixth hill of the Vellingiri hills near Coimbatore, has turned into a dumping site as trekkers discard their used clothes after taking bath in the ongoing pilgrimage season. When the stream bed is full of clothes, pilgrims who come next move them to the side where they have been piled up,” said a Coimbatore …
Despite continuing deaths of pilgrims who climb the Vellingiri Hills, located around 40 km from Coimbatore, the Health Department and Forest Department are yet to place restrictions on people with ailments that may turn fatal while trekking to the high-altitude Lord Shiva shrine. R. Soundravel, Resident Medical Officer of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, said that a majority of the persons …
