Coonoor

Plantation schemes await cabinet nod for implementation

Development schemes for the plantation sector are waiting for cabinet approval for implementation by the commodity boards and other stakeholders, a top official said here Tuesday. "The final schemes for the plantation sector have been sent for cabinet approval, which is expected in a month or two," commerce ministry's additional …

Plantation schemes await cabinet nod for implementation

Development schemes for the plantation sector are waiting for cabinet approval for implementation by the commodity boards and other stakeholders, a top official said here Tuesday. "The final schemes for the plantation sector have been sent for cabinet approval, which is expected in a month or two," commerce ministry's additional …

Wildlife census on May 2, 3

The District Forest Officer, the Nilgiris North, S.Ramasubramanian said here on Tuesday that a wild animal census in the North division would be conducted on May 2 and 3. Volunteers About 70 volunteers including students of the Government Arts College and forest staff would participate in the census operations to …

Planters urge govt to provide safety

ELEPHANT THREAT Our nearly 650 acres of tea, coffee and spices plantations have been in existence for over a century without elephants' threat as this was not their corridor. But, now, elephants were frequenting us and destroying crops ENDANGERED by frequenting wild elephants, planters here have urged the government to …

Floriculturists seek auction centre at Kotagiri

Farmers unable to take flowers to Udhagamandalam. Coonoor: The Kotagiri Flower Growers

200 tourists saved from forest fire

Udhagamandalam, The fire had spread from Lampsrock and Dolphin Nose, around noon as tourists arrived in buses for sight- seeing in the Coonoor forest range ABOUT 200 tourists who were caught in a forest fire near Coonoor have been rescued, official sources said on Monday. The forest department has suspended …

Tea factory installs solar heating system

D. Radhakrishnan The improved solar heating system at the Glendale Tea Factory in Runneymede, near Coonoor.

States face acute vaccine shortage after PSU shutdown

With 15 states and several union territories voicing their concern about the severe shortage of vaccines following the closure of public sector manufacturing units by the Health Ministry in January, the Government is now looking towards private players to meet the demands of the affected states. Speaking to The Indian …

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