Tag: Botanical Garden

Tourist attractions in Ooty are open to tourists from yesterday, officials said. Admission is open to all centers, including the Botanical Garden, Boat House, Doddabetta, and Sim’s Park in Coonoor. Admission will be in compliance with Covid criteria. These centers were first closed in March 2020 due to Covid. It reopened months later but closed again after the second covid expansion. At the same time, tourists from within the state were allowed to come to Ooty. Tourists from states including Kerala and Karnataka continued to be banned. The ban on tourists and the non-opening of tourist centers had led to ... Read more

Tourist attractions in the Nilgiris district, including the Botanical Garden, Rose Garden, and Boat House, were closed. The Tamil Nadu government had yesterday banned tourists from traveling to the Nilgiris, Kodaikanal, and Yercaud in view of the growing spread of covid. The Ooty Botanical Garden, Rose Garden, and Boat House, which are run by the Department of Tourism, were closed on Tuesday. The lake regularly hosts various competitions during the flower festival. For this, the boats were polished. All of these can cause a lot of damage if left unused. Not only foreign tourists but also local tourists have no ... Read more

The Nilgiri Mountains, one of the popular tourist destinations in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, witnessed drop in number of visitors in 2018. There is around 10 per cent decline in the number of tourists, when compared to the previous year. The main reason of the drop is said to be the factors affected the neighbouring states – Kerala and Karnataka in 2018. As per the information provided by the officials of the Horticulture Department around 31 lakh people had visited the Government Botanical Garden in 2017-2018, the numbers fell to 28.69 lakh during 2018-2019. The Tourism Department estimates ... Read more

After the successful introduction of Pink line, there comes the good news for the natives of South Delhi, Noida and West Delhi as the new magenta lines would connect all in one stretch. A half portion of the new project is currently in service connecting Botanical Garden and Kalkaji Mandir. The other half Kalkaji – Janakpuri West is nearing completion, which would be opened to public this month, after the final inspection from the railway officials. The new Magenta line will connect over 25 stations out of which 15 underground and 10 on-bridge. The stations are located at south Delhi ... Read more