“Only native grasses should be grown in what were previously grasslands, or Shola trees should be grown where they existed previously,” said Mr. Chhabra. N. Mohanraj, a Nilgiris-based ...

Kochi: The bewitching green grass and shola trees that cover the landscape at Pattiyankal grassland, under Pampadum Shola National Park in Idukki, is a great example of the proverbial rising from ...

The region was notified as a national park owing to the unique characteristics of the shola forests and the Mathikettan region being a very important elephant corridor in south India. The national ...