It is stated that the two days annual summer festival at Yelagiri Hills, which is popularly known as “Poor man’s Ooty”, got off to a colorful start on Saturday. There was plenty in store at the fest for the visitors and the fruit and flower show at the Nature Park was one of the attractions, while sale of products by women Self Help Groups also drew crowds to the stalls at the festival venue.
Sources have stated that various government departments such as Agriculture, Forest, Social Welfare, Rural Development and Health had set up stalls to showcase their activities and schemes as part of an exhibition and dance and music programs has enthralled the visitors. Myriad performances by folk artists were crowd pullers and film music performances were also lined up.
G. Achudhan, panchayat president of Yelagiri has requested the Ministers to take steps to de silt the check dams on the hill to conserve rain water and he has urged them to extend the Combined Water Supply Scheme with river Cauvery as source to the hill.
The Minister Nilofer Khafeel has said that the Tourism Minister will be inspecting the Andiappanur dam and has requested him to recommend to the Chief Minister to declare the place as a tourism spot and Minister K.C. Veeramani has said that many from Chennai and Bengaluru were visiting Yelagiri Hills every week and the Tourism Minister should allot more funds to bring in new attractive schemes for the hill.
