Udhagamandalam: Tourist vehicles are still taking Ooty-Kalhatty-Masinagudi ghat road for downhill journey, for which the stretch with 36 hairpin bends was closed two and half years ago because of frequent fatal accidents. Based on a report of then Nilgiris superintendent of police (SP), the district administration issued an order to close the road for tourists in 2018. The order was notified in the Nilgiris district gazette too.
However, the road was opened for tourists on February 8 by the previous SP V Sasi Mohan. But the road was again closed for downhill journey after seven accidents occurred on the road in a span of three weeks, killing one.
Activist alleges ‘help’ from panchayat chief to illegal resorts in MTR
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Lawyer and environment activist ‘Elephant’ G. Rajendran has written to the District Collector expressing his apprehensions that the Masinagudi village panchayat president was ‘helping’ people running illegal resorts and home-stays in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR).
In his petition, Mr. Rajendran alleged that the Masinagudi village panchayat president was ‘attempting to help the violators’ instead of taking action against them.
“It is learnt that the Block Development Officer and others visited and tried to lock and seal some illegal resorts and home-stays. By mutual understanding with the president and others, the officials returned without taking action.
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UDHAGAMANDALAM: The Ooty- Kalhatti ghat road, which was closed for descending tourist vehicles since October 2018 after a major accident, was reopened for light vehicles on Monday.
The decision was taken by the Nilgiris SP, V Sasi Mohan after a consultation with the district administration. Earlier, a representation was made to the SP by residents of Masinagudi area who wanted the ghat road to be reopened for tourist vehicles.
The road has been closed for tourist vehicles for the past two years due to a number of accidents that occurred on the ghat section of the road. However, locally registered vehicles were allowed to ply on the road. With 36 hairpin bends, this is one of the steepest and challenging roads in the Nilgiris. The stretch had seen the most number of accidents in the past.
Inspector held while accepting bribe
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The Cherambadi Police Inspector was arrested by the Directorate Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) personnel for demanding a bribe of ₹10,000 from the owner of a lorry transporting M-sand into the State on Tuesday.
The accused Anandavelu, 50, had allegedly demanded ₹40,000 from the owner of a fleet of lorries in Nilambur in Kerala, failing which he threatened to seize the lorries and prevent them from entering Tamil Nadu, where they were delivering freight and sand.
The complainant is said to have agreed to pay ₹10,000 to Anandavelu, following which he approached the DVAC police with a complaint. DVAC officials, led by Tirupur DSP, Dakshinamurthy, laid a trap and arrested Anandavelu while he was accepting the bribe from the complainant at the Cherambadi police station.