The Latest Breaking News from Nilgiris

Last remaining patches face threat

A landscape in the Nilgiris runs the risk of being overrun by encroachers

The Hindu · May 26, 2022

Homemade chocolates: A taste of the Nilgiris

They became popular during the tourism boom in the 1990s and early 2000s 

The Hindu · May 19, 2022

Speed breakers installed at eight elephant crossing points in the Nilgiris

Move follows recommendations of Madras High Court judges

The Hindu · May 4, 2022

22 years on, an uphill battle against plastics in The Nilgiris

Despite the ban on single-use plastic products, the situation is alarming

The Hindu · Mar 17, 2022

Madras High Court wants to know government stand on relocating Thengumarahada villagers in the Nilgiris

Chief Wildlife Warden had reported to the court that they were causing hindrance to free movement of wild animals

The Hindu · Mar 16, 2022

From the Archives (February 24, 1972): Plan for exotic vegetables cultivation

Madras, Feb. 23: A programme for large scale cultivation of exotic vegetables for export to Madras will be taken up in the Nilgiris under the Indo-German Nilgiris Development Project. Two cold storage units will be provided, one in Madras and the other at Ooty to store the produce when it…

The Hindu · Feb 23, 2022

HC summons Environment Secretary to explain steps taken to restore shola forests in TN

Wants to know progress made after 2015 court order to annihilate wattle and eucalyptus from Kodai, Palani, the Nilgiris and the Western Ghats

The Hindu · Feb 21, 2022

Police inquiry

 When the Tri-services Court of Inquiry (CoI) which probed the crash of the Mi-17V5 helicopter near Coonoor in the Nilgiris — which claimed the lives of the Chief of Defence Staff and his entourage —

The Hindu · Jan 17, 2022