Tourists asked to avoid Ooty due to yellow alert
Several parts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, experienced heavy rains on Friday. Wide-spread downpour was reported across Tamil Nadu with temperatures reducing by a couple of degrees.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicated heavy to very heavy rain for the next two days in Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tiruppur, Virudhunagar, and Nilgiris.
As the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a Yellow Alert (very heavy rain) for the picturesque Nilgiris, the district administration asked tourists to avoid visiting the top summer vacation spot.
District collector M Aruna asked tourists to avoid visiting the place from May 18 to May 20 .
“We have put in place enough precautions. People have been asked to be careful during rains. As far as tourists are concerned, it is better for them to avoid visiting Nilgiris during heavy rains but if they still wish to, we have put in place enough measures to take care of them,” Aruna told reporters on Friday.
The advisory comes at a time when tourists have once again begun flocking to Ooty. For a while, they avoided the popular spot due to rise in temperature in the tourist town. Last week, Ooty recorded its highest-ever temperature. April saw Ooty touch 29 degree Celsius.
Less than four months ago, in January, the popular hill station nestled in Western Ghats, recorded near-zero temperature with nail-biting cold.