Proactive steps taken by the Forest Department have prevented visitors from possibly dumping more than two tonnes of single-use plastic materials in places falling under the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) and popular tourism destination Valparai in the past one year.
The main preventive measure taken by the Department is the installation of a plastic shredder at its checkpost at Aliyar on Pollachi – Valparai road, where single-use plastic materials are collected and crushed by the staff.
ATR authorities said 2,200 kg of plastic materials, which were collected and shredded, were handed over to the local body in a year.
