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Medical camp on Velliangiri not feasible, says health department
COIMBATORE: Devotees trekking to a temple in Velliangiri Hills demanded the Health Department to set up a medical camp en route considering the increasing number of deaths during the arduous climb.
The Hindu5d
Forest Department to tighten checks as pilgrims carry random saplings to Vellingiri hills
The Forest Department will tighten checking at Poondi, the starting point of trekking to the Vellingiri hills, after videos of pilgrims carrying saplings of random tree species and planting them ...
The New Indian Express6d
Bengaluru bizman dies while trekking down Velliangiri hills
COIMBATORE: A 36-year-old man died while he was trekking down the Velliangiri hill on Tuesday ... his brother and two friends climbed the hills on Monday night. They reached the seventh hill ...
Indiatimes29d
1.8 tonnes of plastic waste collected from Coimbator’s Velliangiri Hills in Feb
Coimbatore: The forest department has collected 1.80 tonnes of plastic waste from Velliangiri Hills in the past month. The department is planning to recycle the waste into useful products.