Nilgiris District Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru, along with the district Superintendent of Police N.S. Ms. Tanneeru inspected the safety of the area, and urged the residents who felt unsafe to shift to temporary shelters set up in the Nilgiris to house people at risk from landslips, flooding and tree-falls. The Collector also conducted a surprise inspection of the disaster management …
Tamil Nadu Tourism Minister, K. Ramachandran, inspected the Doddabetta Peak to ascertain the feasibility of a cable car project running between Doddabetta Peak and Manthada. There are concerns that the cable car will also necessitate destroying Shola forests along the Doddabetta slopes, said G. Janardhanan, President of the Ooty Public Awareness Association. Mr. Janardhanan said that recent projects like the …
