yercaud

The bus used for the package tour will depart from Salem New Bus Stand at 8.30am every day till June 30. It will return to Salem New Bus Stand by 7pm.

Hill stations are experiencing unprecedented heatwaves, with Ooty and yercaud recording significantly higher temperatures. Global warming, erratic rainfall, and a surge in tourism are straining these fragile ecosystems. Rising temperatures are altering ecosystems, accelerating pest cycles, and leading to severe traffic congestion and pollution from vehicular emissions.

yercaud, a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Tamil Nadu's Salem district, has consistently seen electoral battles between AIADMK and DMK. The AIADMK secured a victory in the 2016 elections with a margin of 17,394 votes, building on their win in 2011. Historically, the constituency has alternated between the two major Dravidian parties, reflecting state-wide political trends.

Elango, known as 'yercaud' Elango, who worked as a botanical assistant with the Botanical Survey of India and retired in 2021, has documented scientific, botanical, zoological and archaeological subjects on Wikimedia Commons since Nov 22, 2014.

Women voters significantly outnumbered men by over 17 lakh in Tamil Nadu's recent assembly elections, marking a 2.19% higher turnout. This continues a trend observed since 2011, with increased awareness, welfare schemes, and more women candidates cited as key drivers for this surge in democratic participation.

District collector S A Raman has said e-pass is mandatory for people visiting yercaud.

Two students were killed after their school bus hit and ran over them near yercaud in Salem district late Saturday evening.

The yercaud police in Salem district arrested the last accused involved in a triple murder case from a hideout in a private estate in yercaud on Sunday night.

A leisure trip ended in tragedy when a tourist van fell on its side on the ghat road near yercaud here on Sunday, killing a 25-year-old man and injuring 15 others.

A huge boulder rolled on to the Salem-yercaud ghat road following a heavy rain-triggered landslide on late Sunday evening. Workers from the state highway department were pressed into service to clear the boulder.

Addressing her party functionaries at her Poes Garden residence in Chennai, Jayalalithaa thanked the voters of yercaud and congratulated her party workers, including ministers and state leaders, for their efforts.

Former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has condemned the alleged decision of the state government to shift the location of the proposed training centre for cooperative department officials from yercaud in Salem district to Kodaikanal in Dindigul.

Residents of Kedakkadu village in yercaud, Salem district, are facing difficulties due to the lack of proper roads. T Subbaiyan, who lost his sister and her stillborn child, recalls the hardships of carrying their bodies in a cloth cradle for their final rites in the village. The 3km trek on the hilly terrain takes 45 minutes, while a tarred road could have reduced the time to 15 minutes. Villagers have been demanding proper roads and other basic amenities, but so far, their pleas have gone unanswered.

A 54-year-old man and his daughter died after the motorbike in which they were riding fell into a 50-ft gorge near yercaud on Monday. The deceased were identified as M Elangovan, of Udayarpalayam in Ariyalur district, and his daughter Yogeswari, 27.

Vehicular traffic on the Salem-yercaud ghat road has been affected since Saturday evening following landslides due to heavy rain.Salem district administration stopped traffic between Salem and yercaud after landslide occurred in two places on the ghat road.

'Maanadu' next schedule will begin in yercaud soon. After completing 'Eeswaran' in a short time, Simbu has resumed the work for 'Maanadu' without a big break. The Pondicherry schedule of 'Maanadu' was successfully wrapped last week, and pictures of Simbu from the sets went viral. Now, the latest report is that 'Maanadu' will move to yercaud for their next schedule.

Simbu has completed the shoot of 'Eeswaran' with Suseenthiran and has started shooting for 'Maanadu' with Venkat Prabhu. Despite the Nivar cyclone, Simbu successfully completed the 'Maanadu' Pondicherry schedule, and the team returned to Chennai. Now, the latest report is that Venkat Prabhu is shooting for 'Maanadu' in yercaud but without Simbu. Director Venkat Prabhu has already resumed operations in yercaud and is shooting scenes without Simbu.

A 63-year-old man died after an earthmover fell into a well in Salem, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as M. Kariyamalai of Maramangalam. 25-year-old Sathish Kumar, an earthmover operator, was sitting on the carriage of the earthmover when it fell into the well. The yercaud police registered a case.

With the yercaud bypoll set for a battle between the main Dravidian parties, AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will undertake an one-day whirlwind campaign tour of the hill station on November 28.

The ghost of the 2009 Tirumangalam byelection, considered a watershed in the history of Tamil Nadu due to the free flow of money, continues to haunt the Election Commission in the run-up to the December 4 bypoll in yercaud.