Coimbatore: The forest department, which has been allowing people to trek the Velliangiri Hills from March 1, is gearing up to receive more than 20,000 people on Maha Shivaratri on Thursday.
“Considering that 10,000 people climbed the seven hills on Sunday and 4,000 people on Saturday, we are expecting 20,000 to arrive from Wednesday morning,” said Boluvampatti range officer Saravanan.
The department has roped in 30 volunteers from NGOs and frontline staff from other ranges for crowd management and to ensure that no plastic or inflammable products enter the forest.
“We have stationed four rangers and 30 volunteers at the base of the mountains to check pilgrims. Six rangers and some volunteers have been stationed at the seventh hill to ensure that pilgrims are following rules and regulations and to provide them assistance. The devotees will be checked to ensure they do not carry any form of plastic or materials like matchstick, candle, wick,” the official said. “However,
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nd International Human Rights Day, we Tamils, observe this day with a hope that in future there may be a time when we can celebrate this day when our lost rights are fully restored. Around the world it is an important day and many nationalities celebrate this day. Unfortunately the Tamils who became victims of the Sinhala state agenda mourns this day. It was in 1948, the United Nations celebrated its first UN Human Rights Day and it was the same year the Tamils lost their right to self-determination to the Sinhalese and became subservient to their agenda of setting up, a one nation, one language, and one culture model.