Subi Thalapathi, president of Thadapalli Arakkankottai Bhavani River Irrigation Farmers Association, said, “It is a crucial transportation route. Therefore, a new bridge should be constructed to ...

A concrete bridge crossing the Bhavani River is the main access point to Nilgiris from Mettupalayam and it was built in 1984. “The concrete handrails of the bridge have collapsed, leaving ...