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Trains would be operated between Coonoor and Ooty on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.
According to eyewitnesses, a 25-feet embankment collapsed over the workers.
The Kottayam – Ooty route via Masinagudi takes around thirty kilometres longer than the regular route.
Ooty Varkey tastes the best when it is freshly baked.
Meanwhile, a call to his mobile phone helped the fire force to identify the deceased.
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) line passes through 16 tunnels, 250 bridges and 208 serpentine curves on the route and the painful slowness of the train can be gauged from the fact that 46km is covered in five hours.
As per preliminary reports, the driver lost control of the vehicle while navigating the ninth hairpin bend along the Mettupalayam-Coonoor road.
Led by the Baduka Community, the villagers participate en masse in the agitation.
The event is on till May 23, traffic controls are on till May 31.
The hugely popular Ooty flower show is churning out its 125th edition this year and it will be held at the Government Botanical Garden from May 19 to 23.