Villages in Kotagiri taluk ban outsiders

Udhagamandalam: At least 10 villages in Kotagiri taluk have put up a warning notice at their entry points stating outsiders won’t be allowed to enter the villages. The move comes after a woman from one of the villages tested positive for Covid-19 after she returned from a hospital in Mettupalayam
Villages like Kadaikambatty, Thanthanadu, Kerbetta and Jakkalodai in Kotagiri taluk have put up warning notice for visitors.
Kadaikambatty village head Hala Gowder said, “It is a preventive and precautionary measure to contain the spread of Covid-19. In a village level meeting, it was decided that outsiders should not be allowed to enter the village. We have also imposed strict rules on ourselves that within the village people should wear masks and should not go out of the district.”
Consuming liquor in open spaces near the villages, littering of liquor bottles and plastic bottles will be reported to police, a villager said.