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Yercaud Ghat Road – This road includes 20 hairpin bends along 25 kilometres (16 mi) Ghat Road. This hill station is in Salem District. Bargur Ghat Road – This road begins at Anthiyur in Erode district and ends at Kollegal in Karnataka state. The road passes through thick forest, which are scenic during monsoon season.
Yercaud, also spelt Erkad, [note 1] is a town and hill station in Salem District in Tamil Nadu, India. Located in Servarayan Hills in the Eastern Ghats , it is situated at an altitude of 1,515 m (4,970 ft).
Yercaud, a major hill station in Tamil Nadu is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Salem City. The ghat road starts at the end of the Salem City limits. The ghat road is a picturesque spot and attracts a lot of early morning walkers and joggers. Yercaud is also a famous weekend getaway for the people of Salem and nearby districts and states.
Bommidi is a panchayat town which is located in Pappireddipatti taluka of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu, India.It is also known as B. Mallapuram.Bommidi's name is used for the railway station, the police station situated at Nadur, the post office, and bus transportation, while the name "B. Mallapuram" is used for schools, hospitals, and government officials.
The main town here is Yercaud. [1] As earlier stated, it also represents the highest peak in southern part of the Eastern Ghats, with the Solaikaradu peak towering to 1620 m above mean sea-level. It is nestled parallel to the lower Chitteri hills - Kalrayan hills, just north of the Kolli Hills and Pachaimalai Hills. Westwards, lie the Mettur hills.
When Wayanad was under Hyder Ali's rule, the ghat road from Vythiri to Thamarassery was invented. [49] Then the British rulers developed this route to Carter road. [ 50 ] After Hyder Ali, his son Tipu Sultan took control over the territory.
The hills can be accessed by a mountain road with 14 hair pin bends, branching out from National Highway 48. [24] It is situated about 220 km (140 mi) from the state capital Chennai and 160 km (99 mi) from Bengaluru. [1] The major access roads are maintained by the Department of Highways and Minor Ports of Government of Tamil Nadu. [17]
Kodai Ghat Road Dindigul 56.80 SH157 OSM: Attur - Perambalur Road Perambalur 3.40 KM 49/6 to KM 53/0, KM 0/0 to KM 49/6 upgraded as NH136 SH158 OSM: Mettur Thermal Power Plant Edappadi 5.40 SH159 OSM: Pallapatti - Suramangalam Road Salem 2.20 SH160 Ayothiyapattinam - Belur - Kilakkadu Road 54.60 Downgraded as MDR1044 SH161 OSM: Namakkal ...