Ooty News

Ban Lifted for Four Plastic Items

In Ooty the district administration has temporarily exempted four plastic items from the ban this order till suitable alternatives are being found. The most widely used plastic items are carry bags and wrappers above 51 microns thickness used for packing grocery, Silver foil is also used in hotels, the plastic containers use in backeries and …

ShutDown of Sterling Biotech in Ooty

Sterling Biotech Ltd is an industrial unit manufracturing edible and non edible grade gelatin at sandynallah near Ooty. There was a sudden order issued by the pollution control board on friday and electricity connection was disconnected by the TNPCB. The waste water from these factory pollute the main tourists part of Ooty such as Sandynallah …

Steel Railway Coaches in Ooty

The Nilgiri Mountain System (NMR) announched that there appears to chug through the pleasant landscape with all steel coaches from august end.The existing coaches are about 30to90 years old .The salem Division of Southern Railway had orgininally ordered 35 coaches including extra coaches.The railway board has placed orders for 28 coaches with the Integral Coach …

New Heritage Museum in Ooty

Heritage museum was recently opened in Ooty which could provide the detail information about the iconic Nilgiri Mountain Railway( NMR ).P.Satheesh Saravanan station director of coimbatore inaugurated the ceremony.He declared that lot of passengers come to Ooty too will enjoy a chance to see some of the equipment that has been used by the railways which could …

Rain Disturbs Routine in Ooty

Massive weather continues to show up hard for the 6th day in Nilgiris with around 750mm recorded across the district since monday.This lead to the District administration announcing that schools in Udhagamandalam,Coonoor,Gudalur will be shutdown.Due to huge gusty winds in Ooty number of trees fall down along the Deer Park Road.Because of the rains the …