Chopping over 16,000 trees in Delhi should not be allowed at any cost even if it means giving tall towering housing units a go-by
There is excessive vehicular pollution in Delhi. The green cover is minimal in this giant city of giant vehicles and giant hiccups. Now the real estate company meant to bring new set of houses for government employees doesn't give two hoots to the green cover and less than visible green lease of life that city has. It wants to chop 16,500 trees to make way for tall, towering housing units. Find a way out to raise residential units with no hint of pain to these existing 16,500 trees in Sarojini Nagar where the residential units are supposed to come. If NBCC the real estate company can't come up with a solution it should better withdraw from this project. Courts are requested to give a breathing space to these 16,500 trees and these 16,500 trees need to salvaged at any cost.
What are you going to leave for future generation? Multiple private vehicles, multiple private hospitals with no effort made to improve the functioning of govt hospitals and multiple high rise buildings equipped with energy sapping machines that would only add to global warming. Revolt including incidents of natural upheaval (Richter scale) can brew from any quarter and why you want to give a standing ovation to an incident that can well be avoided.
The story in HT on Sunday June 23, 2018 For acid attack survivors and the disabled, cafes offer a chance to start over by Ms Madhushree Ghosh was interesting read. For Acid attack survivors and disabled people these cafes not only provide them gainful employment, it also helps them to get into mainstream. Such stories on disadvantage sections need to be pursued diligently.
Story on Ms Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory in US as covered in NY Times was good. Medicare for all has been her campaign point enabling her to register a surprising victory. Defeating fourth-highest-ranking Democrat Mr Cowley stunned many and there are more such stories waiting to happen.
Story on Udhagamandalam
Stay in Kotagiri in Tamil Nadu State
In Kotagiri it was in Byna lodge where i tried to get a room. There was no meeting of minds as the tariff they quoted and the tariff i could settle for could not be brought to a negotiable point. Finally i zeroed in on Majestic lodge whose rooms have had a makeover to entice more customers. The next morning in Ganesh temple i meet priest Mr Nagraj.
Sightings in Kotagiri
- Majestic lodge
- Indian bank ATM
- SBI ATM
- Dena Bank ATM
- Kerala Wooden Furniture Mart
- Jio Digital Life
- Raj Tyre Works
- Cake 'o' Cake
- Ambassador car MDN 8069
- Kumar Tyre works
- JJ Battery and spares
- Naveen sweets 9585633165
- Meet Mr Madan Kumar
- Jayamatha Industry
- Achu Digital studio
- Muthoot Finance
- Salem Steels
- Ameer electrical tools
- Vodafone
- Meet Mr Silvaraj of Sreevanth Iyengar Bakery Kotagari
- Sugam Agency
- Mettupalyam 30 km, Coimbatore 70 km, Kodanadu view point 17 km (i have visited Kodanadu view point in the past, Ooty 28 km
- K.R.C. Strore Mr Mohan gives change
- Jenni Medicals
- Rajkumar Hardwares
- New Sajitha Bakery. Had tea from here in 2011
- Ayyanar electrics
- Suganya flour mill
- Gayathri stores
- Sri Sakthi auto spares
- Fiat car TN 37W 1292
- Sankar cement
- KMH Food court
- Perfect 32
- White Mart
- Magesh Mani Oil
- Kumar wood works
- My Kalyan
- Kalaivani stores
- We are on Donnington Road
- Krishna water wash
- Byna lodge
- Durai Motors
- A-One tea stall
- Trilan Cottages
- Sharum readymade and woollens
- B N R Bakery tea and coffee
- Sri Krishna store
- Sugan tyre care
- Womantara
- Lakshmi Tailors
- Thangaraj Mess
- Hari Mess. I have had meals from here in 2011
- The plyhome Interiors and Hardware
- Tea County
- Little Steps Nursery and Primary School
- Hotel Royal Green Rooms available
- From here Coonor 23km, Dodabetta 23 km, Beragary 8km
- Sri Balaji Medicals
- Kushal Medical store
- Green Shop
- Tea Zone
- Friend's cafe
- Board of Summer Festival 2018 May 22 to May 26 Ooty
- Mr Bhiman guides me to Kotagiri bus stand
- Kotagiri Special Grade town Panchayat
Near bus stand
- Sheeba bakers
- Jio Digital Life
- Vivo Super Agencies
- Bethel Lodge
- GRV Bakery tea, coffee shop
- Meet Mr Abdul Rahim Owner of Reba Complex. He came here in 1947. Mr Dinesh guiding
me to a cyber cafe
- Pandiya tea marketing company
- Jeep MSR 2371
- Hotel Kasthuri Veg
- Sri Vinayaga Tea Green Tea, Masala Tea, Elachi chai, Chocolate Tea,
Peppermint Tea, Black currant Tea
- Royal Bakery
- ST. Antony's Middle School
The Bus from Kotagiri for Ooty leaves at 1.25 pm. It goes past Kayepee College of Arts and Commerce. There is Lions Club of Kotagiri with a message Save trees, save water. The ride is amidst scenic surroundings. Horasholai comes at 1.32. Sree Lakshmi Tea Industry at 1.34. There is Central Bank of India, Kotabettu branch. There is Hotel Maadhi's. There is MKT guest house. There is message of Blind curves use horn. Perar comes at 2.03. There is long winding traffic. After a long wait finally we are in Udhagamandalam at 3.05.
Sightings in Udhagai (Udhagamandalam)
- Sri Venkateswara tea stall
- Woolen store stall
- Aazam Bakery (From here i have veg puff)
- Prem Coffee works
- Travelon
- Titan
- Vijaya Bank
- VIVO
- SBI Maruthi footwear
- Meena hardwares
- Honest stores
- Uttams since 1961
- Ramraj cotton
- Moosu Sait and Co
- Sai store
- Uttams Kreations
- BATA
- Indostar
- Bag Palace
- Samsung
- ADAMS Fashion Corner
- Sneha Bakes
- Shree SR Xerox
- Venkateswara Agencies
- Deluxe Times
- Venkatesh Stall
- RAJHANS The family Shop
- Ooty EN VEE Hotel
- Milan readymades
- Saraswathi readymade centre
- Variety Hall
- MY BRAND
- Tevanas
- Action footwear
- Hotel Taj
- Hotel A- One
- Sathya Spreading Happiness
- Amma Medicals
- T N Govt Employees Cooperatives LTD
- Om Servana Medicals
- Blue Mountain Veg restaurant
- Hajee Fakeer Mohammad Sait's Memorial Govt Maternity Hospital
- Digitek Computers
- Bethal Nilgiri Products
- Umesh Nahar Jewellers
- Hotel best
- Anna cards and Print
- National Tea and Coffee bar ( Mr Praveen is at the counter)
- New Bangalore Iyengar Bakery and sweets
- Rajesh Furniture
- H. M. S. Mobiles
- Sabari lodge
- Sarvana Electronics
- Annai offset printers
- Hi-tech electricals
- Rytham (it is not Rhythm) Digital studio
- Sri Astalakshmi Drugs
- Sri Adhilakshmi distributors
- J. F. A. Hotel
- Anand stores
- Sumangel tea and coffee co
- Meet Mr Appu Kuthan who has been staying in Ooty for 35 years
- M. Nanthi Gowder and Co
Stationers and General merchants
- ESWARI
- Pushpa Hotel
- Hotel Aryaas
- Ambal textiles
- Bombay Ware House
- Saraswathi Hall
- Hind Stores
- Kishor Nilgiri Eucalyptus oil centre
- Bangalore restaurant
- Sri ram medicals
- RR Sweets and Savouries
- Shri Ram Fashion Jewellers
- Chandralok A stop where you will shop
- Ferroli
- Apollo Pharmacy
- Lithanya Medicals
- Bangalore Iyengar Bakery
- Korakundah Organic Green Tea
- Jyothi Dairy
- Shoba tailors
- Keeran clinic Dr A Nanjan
- Suryaa Holiday Inn
- Suryaa home needs
- Oriental Bank of Commerce
- Net City Internet Browsing Centre (for doing stories i visit this cyber cafe where the personnel are very helpful)
- Sree Vigneshwara Automobiles two wheeler spares service and tyre tubes
- Bindhu Ladies Beauty Parlour
- KKS Fathemull Jeweller
- Lovely Designers Men and Women
- IDBI Bank
- Parekh Financiers
- Rao Designers Ladies and Gents
- Dress Well Tailors
- Airtel 3G
- Jio
- Vodafone
- Lakshmi Metals
- Limra collection
- S.S.O textiles
- Nakshatra Jewellers
- E.M.S. Collections
- M. E. Moosa Sait and Sons
- Vijay Jeweller
- Srihans Jewellery and Finance
- Barma Hall
- Mahaveer Finance Co
- Nilgiri Naturelle
- Rajhans Jewellers and Finance
- Lakshmi Jewellery
- Vinay Jewellers and finance
- Jewellers and Pawn brokers
- Navkar Jewellers
- Saraswathi Pathira Kadai
- Suresh Jewellers
- Sri Krishna Lodge
- A Balaguru Swamy
- Thruppur Jawule Kadai
- Sree Lakshmi Hall
- Sree Ambica Enterprises
- Sri Ganesh textiles
The first place where i stay in Udhagamandalam is Hotel Royal Paradise. Later i shift to Green Valley lodge where Mr Kiran is very helpful.
More Sightings in Udhagai
- Sri Guru Fresh ghee and butter
- Sri Lakshmi Saroj jewellery
- Elite furniture mart
- A K Abdul Majeed flower merchant
- Akshaya Bakery
- Meshal's mobile
- JK Mobiles
- Blossom florists and gifts
- Meet Mr Swaminath or Mr Swaminathan of tea stall of JFA hotel
- Meet Mr Shivangi Gowda of Ooty
- Woodlands Pure Veg
- Gulab Paradise Santosh
S Abhishek Finance
S Bhavesh Finance
- A Ranjith K Kumar B.A., B.L.
advocate and notary public
- KVM ATM
- Sun Direct
- Airtel
- Jio Digital Life
- Meet Mr Shiva from Gudalur. I am told Wayanad is 80kms from Ooty
- Sampath and Co
- Kutties bakes and cakes
- Sri Jain spices
- Deva Finance and Jewellers
Leave at 10.37 on a Wednesday to explore Udhagamandalam and beyond.
Go past Radhika Chettinadu Hotel
- Sri Vignesh restaurant
- Nilgiri Mountain Railway Centenary Celebration 1908 - 2008
- Shiv Shanthi Inn
- Shri Krishnaprabha sweet zone
- Billboard of GRT G R Thanga Maligai Jeweller
- Sathya now @ Ooty
- Railway Police Station
- Hotel Sapphire
- New Kwality supermarket
- Hotel City Palace. The Tea and Idly from City Palace restaurant is something to cherish
- Green Valley Lodge
- Hoarding of Goal in Life living in harmony with nature
- Thread Garden Flower show
- Radio Astronomy Centre 5km
- Bangalore Iyengar Bakery
- Hotel Shiv Shanthi Grand
- Tamizhagam Garden
First halt point is Shooting point where movies have been shot in the past.
- Go Past Road Ribbon Club Women College
- AIR Udhagai
- Stop at Rehman Bakery and snacks for taking veg puff. Perhaps the
place should have relieving points (Loos)
- Second halt point is Kamrasa dam
- Sheep breeding research centre
- Tree Park Pine Forest Eight Mile at 12.27
- Meet Mr Noor Ali Mohammad. Born in Eight Mile. For 22 years served in Saudi Arabia, has also worked as electrician, son working in Sharjah. Mr Mohammad selling chocolates and living near polytechnic
Come across Plastic ban hoarding. Here the plastic has been completely banned. Meet Mr Jaswant Deep running a store in pine forest, studying in class 7th. From 8.30 am to 6.30 pm the shop is open. Going beyond pine forest there is amazing sight. Meet a family from Thiruvarur. Meet Mr Sudhakar with family members from Chennai. Reach 9th mile at 1.10 pm, Pykara dam 1.20. Come across a message. Plastic free Nilgiris. Eliminating pollution is the best solution to save environment.
A board shows Calicut 139 kms, Gudalur 29 kms
Later reach Pykara boat house which is open from 10 am to 5 pm. Meet a couple from Ahmedabad. In Pykara boat house the man at the Lazza Ice creams counter does not want to lose even one customer. Later meet Students of D J Vaishny College, Chennai who are pursuing graduation in commerce. Leave Pykara boat House at 2.46. Come across Plastic free zone message at 2.52.
Come across a string of houses coming up near MSH store.
Reach Deivamalai at 3.32, reach Gudalur 3.42.
Sightings in Gudalur
- Riyadh Store
- Indian Murugan Metal Mart
- S.S Fruits
- Shantimahals Bakery
- Spot Covai to Salem bus
- Biriyani Corner
- Star Primary School
- ESAF Panda hardware
- Stars lodge, charms lodge
- Friends Auto Industries
- Sankar Cement
- Gudalur Cosmopolitan Club
- Kerala Hotel
- Regency Tourist Home
- Meet Mr Chandru driving in Udhagai since 1996
- Meet Mr Muniar, Mr Ashiq in CMS restaurant, Gudalur
- Nilgiri Grand Spices wholesale and retail
- Wildlife Tourist Home
- Rooms AC Non AC Dormitory
- Meet Mr Silvan of Udhagai
- Meet Mr Ravi Kumar of Vijaywada who has a gold shop in Vijaywada. Meet Mr Manju another man at the wheels
Enter the front gate of Mudumalai Wildlife sanctuary at 5.05, reach Masinagudi and from here we leave in a jeep driven by Mr Raju. Go past Marvakandu dam constructed in 1951. We are told Mudumulai has 63 tigers spread over 321 sq km. At 6.20 reach Moyar Lake. Leave Moyar Lake at 6.30
Leave Masinagudi at 7.10, reach Udhagai (Udhagamandalam) at 9 pm.
The Tamil Nadu Govt is doing a good job. It should be allowed to complete its tenure. At another level India should continue to import oil from Iran irrespective of threat of sanctions from the US. The threat and the trick can't prevent oil import from Iran (Iran is the third largest supplier of oil to India) and the sanctions whatever its fire and fury can least hurt us as we are a sovereign nation with solid fundamentals.
Vaaranam Aaviram- Neniukkul Peidhidum , Adiyae Kolluthey which are Tamil songs are great.
There is excessive vehicular pollution in Delhi. The green cover is minimal in this giant city of giant vehicles and giant hiccups. Now the real estate company meant to bring new set of houses for government employees doesn't give two hoots to the green cover and less than visible green lease of life that city has. It wants to chop 16,500 trees to make way for tall, towering housing units. Find a way out to raise residential units with no hint of pain to these existing 16,500 trees in Sarojini Nagar where the residential units are supposed to come. If NBCC the real estate company can't come up with a solution it should better withdraw from this project. Courts are requested to give a breathing space to these 16,500 trees and these 16,500 trees need to salvaged at any cost.
What are you going to leave for future generation? Multiple private vehicles, multiple private hospitals with no effort made to improve the functioning of govt hospitals and multiple high rise buildings equipped with energy sapping machines that would only add to global warming. Revolt including incidents of natural upheaval (Richter scale) can brew from any quarter and why you want to give a standing ovation to an incident that can well be avoided.
The story in HT on Sunday June 23, 2018 For acid attack survivors and the disabled, cafes offer a chance to start over by Ms Madhushree Ghosh was interesting read. For Acid attack survivors and disabled people these cafes not only provide them gainful employment, it also helps them to get into mainstream. Such stories on disadvantage sections need to be pursued diligently.
Story on Ms Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory in US as covered in NY Times was good. Medicare for all has been her campaign point enabling her to register a surprising victory. Defeating fourth-highest-ranking Democrat Mr Cowley stunned many and there are more such stories waiting to happen.
Story on Udhagamandalam
Stay in Kotagiri in Tamil Nadu State
In Kotagiri it was in Byna lodge where i tried to get a room. There was no meeting of minds as the tariff they quoted and the tariff i could settle for could not be brought to a negotiable point. Finally i zeroed in on Majestic lodge whose rooms have had a makeover to entice more customers. The next morning in Ganesh temple i meet priest Mr Nagraj.
Sightings in Kotagiri
- Majestic lodge
- Indian bank ATM
- SBI ATM
- Dena Bank ATM
- Kerala Wooden Furniture Mart
- Jio Digital Life
- Raj Tyre Works
- Cake 'o' Cake
- Ambassador car MDN 8069
- Kumar Tyre works
- JJ Battery and spares
- Naveen sweets 9585633165
- Meet Mr Madan Kumar
- Jayamatha Industry
- Achu Digital studio
- Muthoot Finance
- Salem Steels
- Ameer electrical tools
- Vodafone
- Meet Mr Silvaraj of Sreevanth Iyengar Bakery Kotagari
- Sugam Agency
- Mettupalyam 30 km, Coimbatore 70 km, Kodanadu view point 17 km (i have visited Kodanadu view point in the past, Ooty 28 km
- K.R.C. Strore Mr Mohan gives change
- Jenni Medicals
- Rajkumar Hardwares
- New Sajitha Bakery. Had tea from here in 2011
- Ayyanar electrics
- Suganya flour mill
- Gayathri stores
- Sri Sakthi auto spares
- Fiat car TN 37W 1292
- Sankar cement
- KMH Food court
- Perfect 32
- White Mart
- Magesh Mani Oil
- Kumar wood works
- My Kalyan
- Kalaivani stores
- We are on Donnington Road
- Krishna water wash
- Byna lodge
- Durai Motors
- A-One tea stall
- Trilan Cottages
- Sharum readymade and woollens
- B N R Bakery tea and coffee
- Sri Krishna store
- Sugan tyre care
- Womantara
- Lakshmi Tailors
- Thangaraj Mess
- Hari Mess. I have had meals from here in 2011
- The plyhome Interiors and Hardware
- Tea County
- Little Steps Nursery and Primary School
- Hotel Royal Green Rooms available
- From here Coonor 23km, Dodabetta 23 km, Beragary 8km
- Sri Balaji Medicals
- Kushal Medical store
- Green Shop
- Tea Zone
- Friend's cafe
- Board of Summer Festival 2018 May 22 to May 26 Ooty
- Mr Bhiman guides me to Kotagiri bus stand
- Kotagiri Special Grade town Panchayat
Near bus stand
- Sheeba bakers
- Jio Digital Life
- Vivo Super Agencies
- Bethel Lodge
- GRV Bakery tea, coffee shop
- Meet Mr Abdul Rahim Owner of Reba Complex. He came here in 1947. Mr Dinesh guiding
me to a cyber cafe
- Pandiya tea marketing company
- Jeep MSR 2371
- Hotel Kasthuri Veg
- Sri Vinayaga Tea Green Tea, Masala Tea, Elachi chai, Chocolate Tea,
Peppermint Tea, Black currant Tea
- Royal Bakery
- ST. Antony's Middle School
The Bus from Kotagiri for Ooty leaves at 1.25 pm. It goes past Kayepee College of Arts and Commerce. There is Lions Club of Kotagiri with a message Save trees, save water. The ride is amidst scenic surroundings. Horasholai comes at 1.32. Sree Lakshmi Tea Industry at 1.34. There is Central Bank of India, Kotabettu branch. There is Hotel Maadhi's. There is MKT guest house. There is message of Blind curves use horn. Perar comes at 2.03. There is long winding traffic. After a long wait finally we are in Udhagamandalam at 3.05.
Sightings in Udhagai (Udhagamandalam)
- Sri Venkateswara tea stall
- Woolen store stall
- Aazam Bakery (From here i have veg puff)
- Prem Coffee works
- Travelon
- Titan
- Vijaya Bank
- VIVO
- SBI Maruthi footwear
- Meena hardwares
- Honest stores
- Uttams since 1961
- Ramraj cotton
- Moosu Sait and Co
- Sai store
- Uttams Kreations
- BATA
- Indostar
- Bag Palace
- Samsung
- ADAMS Fashion Corner
- Sneha Bakes
- Shree SR Xerox
- Venkateswara Agencies
- Deluxe Times
- Venkatesh Stall
- RAJHANS The family Shop
- Ooty EN VEE Hotel
- Milan readymades
- Saraswathi readymade centre
- Variety Hall
- MY BRAND
- Tevanas
- Action footwear
- Hotel Taj
- Hotel A- One
- Sathya Spreading Happiness
- Amma Medicals
- T N Govt Employees Cooperatives LTD
- Om Servana Medicals
- Blue Mountain Veg restaurant
- Hajee Fakeer Mohammad Sait's Memorial Govt Maternity Hospital
- Digitek Computers
- Bethal Nilgiri Products
- Umesh Nahar Jewellers
- Hotel best
- Anna cards and Print
- National Tea and Coffee bar ( Mr Praveen is at the counter)
- New Bangalore Iyengar Bakery and sweets
- Rajesh Furniture
- H. M. S. Mobiles
- Sabari lodge
- Sarvana Electronics
- Annai offset printers
- Hi-tech electricals
- Rytham (it is not Rhythm) Digital studio
- Sri Astalakshmi Drugs
- Sri Adhilakshmi distributors
- J. F. A. Hotel
- Anand stores
- Sumangel tea and coffee co
- Meet Mr Appu Kuthan who has been staying in Ooty for 35 years
- M. Nanthi Gowder and Co
Stationers and General merchants
- ESWARI
- Pushpa Hotel
- Hotel Aryaas
- Ambal textiles
- Bombay Ware House
- Saraswathi Hall
- Hind Stores
- Kishor Nilgiri Eucalyptus oil centre
- Bangalore restaurant
- Sri ram medicals
- RR Sweets and Savouries
- Shri Ram Fashion Jewellers
- Chandralok A stop where you will shop
- Ferroli
- Apollo Pharmacy
- Lithanya Medicals
- Bangalore Iyengar Bakery
- Korakundah Organic Green Tea
- Jyothi Dairy
- Shoba tailors
- Keeran clinic Dr A Nanjan
- Suryaa Holiday Inn
- Suryaa home needs
- Oriental Bank of Commerce
- Net City Internet Browsing Centre (for doing stories i visit this cyber cafe where the personnel are very helpful)
- Sree Vigneshwara Automobiles two wheeler spares service and tyre tubes
- Bindhu Ladies Beauty Parlour
- KKS Fathemull Jeweller
- Lovely Designers Men and Women
- IDBI Bank
- Parekh Financiers
- Rao Designers Ladies and Gents
- Dress Well Tailors
- Airtel 3G
- Jio
- Vodafone
- Lakshmi Metals
- Limra collection
- S.S.O textiles
- Nakshatra Jewellers
- E.M.S. Collections
- M. E. Moosa Sait and Sons
- Vijay Jeweller
- Srihans Jewellery and Finance
- Barma Hall
- Mahaveer Finance Co
- Nilgiri Naturelle
- Rajhans Jewellers and Finance
- Lakshmi Jewellery
- Vinay Jewellers and finance
- Jewellers and Pawn brokers
- Navkar Jewellers
- Saraswathi Pathira Kadai
- Suresh Jewellers
- Sri Krishna Lodge
- A Balaguru Swamy
- Thruppur Jawule Kadai
- Sree Lakshmi Hall
- Sree Ambica Enterprises
- Sri Ganesh textiles
The first place where i stay in Udhagamandalam is Hotel Royal Paradise. Later i shift to Green Valley lodge where Mr Kiran is very helpful.
More Sightings in Udhagai
- Sri Guru Fresh ghee and butter
- Sri Lakshmi Saroj jewellery
- Elite furniture mart
- A K Abdul Majeed flower merchant
- Akshaya Bakery
- Meshal's mobile
- JK Mobiles
- Blossom florists and gifts
- Meet Mr Swaminath or Mr Swaminathan of tea stall of JFA hotel
- Meet Mr Shivangi Gowda of Ooty
- Woodlands Pure Veg
- Gulab Paradise Santosh
S Abhishek Finance
S Bhavesh Finance
- A Ranjith K Kumar B.A., B.L.
advocate and notary public
- KVM ATM
- Sun Direct
- Airtel
- Jio Digital Life
- Meet Mr Shiva from Gudalur. I am told Wayanad is 80kms from Ooty
- Sampath and Co
- Kutties bakes and cakes
- Sri Jain spices
- Deva Finance and Jewellers
Leave at 10.37 on a Wednesday to explore Udhagamandalam and beyond.
Go past Radhika Chettinadu Hotel
- Sri Vignesh restaurant
- Nilgiri Mountain Railway Centenary Celebration 1908 - 2008
- Shiv Shanthi Inn
- Shri Krishnaprabha sweet zone
- Billboard of GRT G R Thanga Maligai Jeweller
- Sathya now @ Ooty
- Railway Police Station
- Hotel Sapphire
- New Kwality supermarket
- Hotel City Palace. The Tea and Idly from City Palace restaurant is something to cherish
- Green Valley Lodge
- Hoarding of Goal in Life living in harmony with nature
- Thread Garden Flower show
- Radio Astronomy Centre 5km
- Bangalore Iyengar Bakery
- Hotel Shiv Shanthi Grand
- Tamizhagam Garden
First halt point is Shooting point where movies have been shot in the past.
- Go Past Road Ribbon Club Women College
- AIR Udhagai
- Stop at Rehman Bakery and snacks for taking veg puff. Perhaps the
place should have relieving points (Loos)
- Second halt point is Kamrasa dam
- Sheep breeding research centre
- Tree Park Pine Forest Eight Mile at 12.27
- Meet Mr Noor Ali Mohammad. Born in Eight Mile. For 22 years served in Saudi Arabia, has also worked as electrician, son working in Sharjah. Mr Mohammad selling chocolates and living near polytechnic
Come across Plastic ban hoarding. Here the plastic has been completely banned. Meet Mr Jaswant Deep running a store in pine forest, studying in class 7th. From 8.30 am to 6.30 pm the shop is open. Going beyond pine forest there is amazing sight. Meet a family from Thiruvarur. Meet Mr Sudhakar with family members from Chennai. Reach 9th mile at 1.10 pm, Pykara dam 1.20. Come across a message. Plastic free Nilgiris. Eliminating pollution is the best solution to save environment.
A board shows Calicut 139 kms, Gudalur 29 kms
Later reach Pykara boat house which is open from 10 am to 5 pm. Meet a couple from Ahmedabad. In Pykara boat house the man at the Lazza Ice creams counter does not want to lose even one customer. Later meet Students of D J Vaishny College, Chennai who are pursuing graduation in commerce. Leave Pykara boat House at 2.46. Come across Plastic free zone message at 2.52.
Come across a string of houses coming up near MSH store.
Reach Deivamalai at 3.32, reach Gudalur 3.42.
Sightings in Gudalur
- Riyadh Store
- Indian Murugan Metal Mart
- S.S Fruits
- Shantimahals Bakery
- Spot Covai to Salem bus
- Biriyani Corner
- Star Primary School
- ESAF Panda hardware
- Stars lodge, charms lodge
- Friends Auto Industries
- Sankar Cement
- Gudalur Cosmopolitan Club
- Kerala Hotel
- Regency Tourist Home
- Meet Mr Chandru driving in Udhagai since 1996
- Meet Mr Muniar, Mr Ashiq in CMS restaurant, Gudalur
- Nilgiri Grand Spices wholesale and retail
- Wildlife Tourist Home
- Rooms AC Non AC Dormitory
- Meet Mr Silvan of Udhagai
- Meet Mr Ravi Kumar of Vijaywada who has a gold shop in Vijaywada. Meet Mr Manju another man at the wheels
Enter the front gate of Mudumalai Wildlife sanctuary at 5.05, reach Masinagudi and from here we leave in a jeep driven by Mr Raju. Go past Marvakandu dam constructed in 1951. We are told Mudumulai has 63 tigers spread over 321 sq km. At 6.20 reach Moyar Lake. Leave Moyar Lake at 6.30
Leave Masinagudi at 7.10, reach Udhagai (Udhagamandalam) at 9 pm.
The Tamil Nadu Govt is doing a good job. It should be allowed to complete its tenure. At another level India should continue to import oil from Iran irrespective of threat of sanctions from the US. The threat and the trick can't prevent oil import from Iran (Iran is the third largest supplier of oil to India) and the sanctions whatever its fire and fury can least hurt us as we are a sovereign nation with solid fundamentals.
Vaaranam Aaviram- Neniukkul Peidhidum , Adiyae Kolluthey which are Tamil songs are great.
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