Chennai Mar 25 PTI The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Nilgiris district Collector to seal all the shops that are selling banned plastic items in the district saying mere imposing of fines would not serve the purpose A division bench of Justices V Bharathidasan and N Satish Kumar gave the direction when the batch of public interest writ petitions from social activists came up for further hearing today The petitions prayed for strict implementation on the ban plastic items which had been introduced from January 2019 When the matter came up today the Collector appearing through video conferencing informed the judges that over Rs 125 lakh had been collected towards fines from the traders who violated the directive Mere imposition of fine and penalties would not serve the purpose the bench retorted Unless action like sealing the shops are undertaken the plastic menace could not be eradicated it added The judges stated that they are planning to visit the Nilgiris to study the steps to be taken to remove the exotic species They are also proposing to visit the train route between Palakkad and Coimbatore to ascertain the steps taken to prevent elephant deaths due to train hits they added PTI CORR SA SA

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): Local people on Thursday showered flower petals as ambulances carrying the mortal remains of Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 defence personnel who died in the Coonoor helicopter crash, left for Sulur airbase from Madras Regimental Centre in Nilgiris district.

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): A video of the IAF's Mi-17V5 helicopter flying over Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu has surfaced that seemingly shows the final moments of the chopper before it crashed claiming the lives of 13 people including CDS General Bipin Rawat.

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday paid floral tribute to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and others who died in the Coonoor chopper crash, at Madras Regimental Centre in Nilgiris district.

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): The vehicle carrying mortal remains of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife and others, who died in the IAF chopper crash, left for Sulur airbase from Madras Regimental Centre in Tamil Nadu on Thursday.

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) officials on Thursday recovered critical equipment of the IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter that crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu.

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday paid floral tribute to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and others, who died in the Coonoor chopper crash, at Madras Regimental Centre in Nilgiris district.

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): The mortal remains of those killed in the military chopper crash on Wednesday were brought to Madras Regimental Centre today from Military Hospital, Wellington in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): A team of Tamil Nadu's Forensic Science Department, headed by Director Srinivasan, arrived at the chopper crash site near Kattery in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu on Thursday.

Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Thursday morning reached the site of the chopper crash, that claimed the life of 13 people including Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and his wife.