1000 of peoples demonstrated in Gudalur
Udhagamandalam: Traffic on the Ooty-Mysore road was disrupted for about three hours on Monday following a demonstration staged by thousands of people. They came in a procession from O'Valley and sat on the road.It was in protest against the denial of permission by the forest department to implement schemes such as putting up constructions on Section 17 lands in O'Valley and surroundings. The demonstrators refused to budge despite a request made by officials. They submitted a memorandum to Central Empowered Committee headed by T.V. Jaikrishnan which was touring various parts of Gudalur.
