The SP added that the restrictions that prevent vehicles from using the road at night will continue to be in place.
Tourist vehicles will soon be allowed to descend the Kalhatti Ghat Road.
Following a representation made by residents of Masinagudi, the police and the district administration had a discussion with local residents and vehicle drivers, who wanted the ghat road to be reopened for tourist vehicles. The Nilgiris district police said that the road has been closed to descending vehicles for the last two years due to a number of serious accidents along the stretch.
After the restrictions were announced, only locally registered vehicles on essential work were allowed to descend to the Sigur plateau via the Kalhatti Ghat Road. Road users. who wish to go to Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, were asked to reach their destination via Gudalur for the last two years.
The Nilgiris district superintendent of police, V. Sasi Mohan, said that a joint inspection was conducted on the stretch…