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Ooty police introduce sticker system for light vehicles

Last year, the locals found it difficult if they want to go to a place located halfway between Ooty and Coonoor as they had to take the route via Kotagiri, which was a way round about. "The police personnel deputed at traffic places may not know who is a local or a tourist. Hence they had to take the round about way for a shorter distance," said Rambha. He also said, "So considering the locals' plea and to minimise traffic congestion, we have come out with a plan of giving stickers to local light vehicles so that they could take the normal route during the season."

According to the police, there area around 25,000 light vehicles, including tourist vans recorded as Nilgiri vehicles. 25,000 stickers with three colours describing three blocks in the Nilgiris such as Ooty, Coonoor and Gudalur have been marked. The owners of the transports may approach the police stations pertaining to them and showing relevant papers to the police officials, can get a sticker for their vehicle. The sticker system will be executed from April.

"During the flower show, last year, over 10,000 vehicles came to Ooty town. With only two main roads running through the hill town with a radius of just three kilometres, handling such huge crowd of vehicles is a real problem," Rambha pointed out. "We are also planning for parking lots for tourist vehicles during the tourist season in Ooty," he added.