Wayanad: Environmentalists have come up with a demand that the state government implement an e-pass system modelled on Ooty and Kodaikanal in Wayanad. The Tamil Nadu government, acting on a recent High Court order has initiated measures to ensure an e-pass system to regulate the flow of tourists to the prominent hill destinations of Ooty and Kodaikanal. The High Court, Chennai ordered instituting an e-pass system to bring down the passage of tourists’ vehicles through the ghat roads, to reduce excessive footfalls at the destinations and to minimise the ecological impact.
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