The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday informed the Madras High Court of its in-principle agreement to carry out scientific assessments before fixing the carrying capacity for the ghat roads leading to Udhagamandalam in the Nilgiris district and Kodaikanal in Dindigul district.
Appearing before a special Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, Advocate General P.S. Raman said, the decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena and participated by secretaries of various departments.
He said, Environment and Forest Secretary Supriya Sahu, Transport Secretary K. Phanindra Reddy, Revenue Secretary V. Rajaraman and Highways Secretary Pradeep Yadav participated in the meeting to discuss the possibility of fixing carrying capacity for the two hill stations.
