Kotagiri

After tiger cub’s death, environmentalists call for speed restrictions on Kotagiri road in the Nilgiris

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After tiger cub’s death, environmentalists call for speed restrictions on Kotagiri road in the Nilgiris

Activists allege that lack of patrols curtailing speeding drivers, steep embankments preventing wildlife crossing and lack of speed breakers is leading to more frequent collisions between wildlife and vehicles | Photo Credit: Rohan Premkumar Environmentalists are urging the State Highways to work with the Tamil Nadu forest department in formulating road design that will minimise … Read more

Concerns raised over planting of exotic trees along stream near Kotagiri

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Concerns raised over planting of exotic trees along stream near Kotagiri

Local residents, including farmers, have objected to the planting of the exotic tree species. Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy Local residents in the villages of Nedugula panchayat near Kotagiri have raised objections to the planting of hundreds of tree saplings along a five-kilometre stretch of a stream that runs through … Read more