Author: Vasanthan Panchavarnam
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Nilgiri Mountain Railway Turns 125
15 JUNE 2024 ‘Thus one journeys to the stars,’ is an oft quoted line from the Roman poet Virgil’s, Aeneid. The same albeit in a little modified form, was the ‘Slogan’ of the Nilgiri Railway, ‘Sic Itur Ad Ooty’ ; which translates from Latin as ; ‘Thus One Journeys to Ooty.’ which appears in the…
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World Environment Day 2024
The theme for World Environment Day 2024 is ‘Land restoration, desertification and drought resilience,’ a rallying call for the protection and revival of ecosystems all around the world. Keeping in tune with this year’s theme, a re-wilding programme was undertaken by the Cantonment Board, Station Headquarters, Madras Regimental Centre, and other units of the Wellington…
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Time to Reflect
As of tomorrow half a decade would have rolled by since Clean Coonoor and its volunteers, officials, and the general public, joined hands to take upon themselves the mammoth task of cleaning the middle stream of the Coonoor River. It would not be an overstatement to say that the whole venture would have been impossible,…
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Third Time in a Row
Honouring our Gardeners Tmt Selvakumari & Tmt. Manjula and our jack of all trades Thiru. Ramadevan, for making possible the achievement of being recognised thrice at the Annual Flower Show at Ooty. Their’s was the unenviable task of creating a lovely patch in the midst of the Waste Management Facility. “The making of gardens and…
