COIMBATORE: After a 77-year-old German tourist was killed by a wild elephant at Tiger Valley near Valparai on Wednesday night, Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) officials have temporarily banned two-wheelers on the Pollachi-Valparai hill road after 6 pm.
Pollachi Forest Range Officer K Gnanabalamurugan said, “We are not allowing motorists including locals to proceed on Pollachi-Valparai road after Aliyar Checkpost after 6 pm as part of mitigating human-animal conflict. This was implemented as instructed by the Conservator of forests and Field Director of ATR D Venkatesh who visited the spot on Thursday.”