Mettupalayam News

Eye Camp @ Mettupalayam

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Saturday, 04 February 2012 13:50

Mettupalayam Jain Sangh is organising a free eye camp at Jain Bhavan, Mettupalayam in association with Aravind eye hospital, Coimbatore. The camp going to held on 05.02.2012 (Sunday) between 08:00 am to 01:00 pm with more than 150 people expected for this monthly event. After testing, glasses are available from Rs.200 to 300 in  the camp itself.

Flag Hoisting at Sennamalai Temple

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Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:01

Arulmigu Sennamalai Sri Balamurugan Temple Thaipoosam Car Festival was inauguarated with the hoisiting of the flag between 10.30am - 12.00noon on Wednesday 01.02.2012. The flag is hoisted by the temple commitee. Today(01.02.2012) is the first day of the festival and this marks the beginning of the day. After flag hoisting poojas were held for lord muruga.

Garlic price to remain stable

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Thursday, 02 February 2012 10:54

The Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has predicted that the price of garlic will be in the range of Rs. 75 to Rs. 80 during the harvest period February-March. As there is little chance for the price to improve after that, farmers are asked to sell garlic upon harvest without going in for storage.

This was assessed based on survey conducted at the Mettupalayam Garlic Shanty. In Tamil Nadu, garlic is grown in two seasons, viz., October-November and June-July. The area under garlic cultivation in the State is about 351 hectares. The Nilgiris and Erode are major garlic producing districts in Tamil Nadu. Traders procure garlic from Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat. Garlic is sown from September to October and is harvested from February to March. A variety of garlic called ‘Ooty 1', which was released by TNAU is popular among farmers of the Nilgiris district.

Source: The Hindu.

Indian gaur gored to death in fight

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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 10:40

COIMBATORE: In yet another loss to wildlife in the western region, an Indian gaur has been found dead in the reserve forest of Nellithurai near Karamadai.

This is the fourth wildlife death in the region this month. While an elephant and an Indian gaur were killed in an accident on the Hasanur-Mysore Highway near the Sathyamangalam forest, another elephant was gored to death during a fight with a tusker.

In the latest incident, locals had discovered the carcass of an Indian Gaur, a Schedule-1 animal, three kilometres from the peripheries of the Nellithurai forest.

Confirming the death of the animal, Divisional Forest Officer V Thirunavukkarasu told Express that the gaur was four years old. “We performed an autopsy which revealed that the animal was killed during a fight with another gaur. The young gaur had rolled down a slope and died of suffocation.”

Previously, locals had speculated that the gaur could have been hunted down for its meat. The forests in the outskirts of Coimbatore connecting the Eastern and Western Ghats serve as the traditional migratory corridors for elephants.

Meanwhile, there were unconfirmed reports on Monday about the death of an elephant near Kallar on the Mettupalayam range. There were also rumours about a possible poaching attempt. However, the Divisional Forest Officer dismissed the reports.