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Valparai hornbill point in for facelift
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|February 17, 2025
WITH an eye on attracting more tourists, the Tourism Department, in association with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, is mulling over giving a facelift to Hornbill view point at the Attakatti check-post near the 16th hairpin bend on the Pollachi-Valparai hill road.
The Tourism Department is planning to spend ₹50 lakh for setting up a binocular and a telescope over a closed concrete platform from where tourists will be allowed to see the beauty of the roaming hornbills and water catchments of Western Ghats. At present, the tourists have to view the mountains openly under the sun. This was one of the announcements made by the then tourism mini
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