Protected Areas of Tamil Nadu: National Parks in Tamil Nadu, Wildlife Sanctuaries of Tamil Nadu, Kodaikanal-Munnar Road
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ISBN10: 1156095174
ISBN13: 9781156095171
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.11 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781156095171
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.11 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: National parks in Tamil Nadu, Wildlife sanctuaries of Tamil Nadu, Kodaikanal-Munnar Road, Palani Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, Manjampatti Valley, Mudumalai National Park, Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Mukurthi National Park, Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Agasthyamalai Hills, Guindy National Park, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary, Pampadum Shola National Park, Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary, Vallanadu Wildlife Sanctuary, Shenbagathoppu Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary, Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary, Amirthi Zoological Park, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Bangitappal. Excerpt: The Kodaikanal-Munnar Road (old SH-18) was located in Dindigul District and Theni District of Tamil Nadu and Idukki district of Kerala in South India. It covers 81 kilometers (50 mi) from Kodaikanal to Munnar. The road was improved by the British in 1942 as an evacuation route in preparation for a possible Japanese invasion of South India. With a maximum elevation of 2,480 meters (8,136 ft) just south of Vandaravu Peak, it was among the highest roads in India, south of the Himalayas, prior to its closure in 1990. Kodaikanal - Munar road, 1981 before encroachment of plantation forest Douglas Hamilton, 1870, age 52 Original milestone on wall beside road. Tree in road, 2008In 1864 Douglas Hamilton submitted a report stating that the Berijam Swamp area was the best site in the Palani Hills for a military cantonment or sanatorium. Let but the lake be reconstructed and a road made to it, and this magnificent sheet of water . . . will of itself attract residents to its vicinity. The Fort Hamilton military outpost, later built there, was named for him. In 1900 the Kundale Road and...