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In presumption of the National Wildlife Week (October 2-8), the Forest Department has intensified screening of backstage vehicles entering the Valparai plateau to forestall visitors from carrying single-use integrative products.
The section unit are besides distributing pamphlets to make consciousness among visitors connected the dangers posed by integrative contamination successful a biodiversity-rich elevation presumption similar Valparai.
Forest Department officials attached to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) said that conveyance checks are done astatine the checkposts astatine Aliyar connected Pollachi – Valparai Road and astatine Malakkappara connected Chalakudy – Valparai Road. Single-use integrative products, if found, are collected from vehicles astatine these places.
“Besides the regular checking, unit posted astatine Malakkappara are creating consciousness for visitors done pamphlets arsenic portion of the National Wildlife Week,” said K. Giritharan, Forest Range Officer, Manambolly scope of ATR.
Gnanabalamurugan, Forest Range Officer, Pollachi range, said tourists tin bargain cloth bags (₹10 per piece) from Aliyar checkpost arsenic an alternate erstwhile single-use integrative bags are collected from them. These integrative items are handed implicit to section bodies for further processing.
Valparai witnessed a surge successful the fig of tourists during the Pooja holidays. Around 3,000 vehicles per time entered the elevation presumption done Pollachi – Valparai Road, which connects the elevation presumption via Aliyar, during the agelong holidays. The inflow of vehicles to Valparai via Aliyar cheque station is little than 1,000 during mean weekends.
The mean fig of vehicles that entered Valparai from the Kerala broadside done Chalakudy – Valparai Road stood astir 800 per time during Pooja holidays arsenic against the regular play postulation of astir 500.
E-pass strategy volition travel into unit for vehicles entering Valparai from November 1.
