The Nilgiris district administration managed a special event commemorating the flowering of the Strobilanthes kunthianus (neelakurinji), in elements of Kil Kotagiri and also Kalhatti. The shrub, which flowers only one time every 12 years, were being utilized by tribal groups to estimate how old they are. There were also programs to establish brand new bus routes that would take vacationers from Udhagamandalam town to Kil Kotagiri as well as Kalhatti. The slopes of Kalhatti and areas in Kil Kotagiri were the final few outstanding patches of ecosystem remaining exactly where the neelakurinji bloomed on such a range.