Trekker dies after slipping off hill in Tamil Nadu

A 42-year-old man Tamil Nadu died a tragic death in Tamil Nadu after he slipped off a hill near Arunachaleswarar Temple in Thiruvannamalai. The man had taken a group up the hill for trekking when the incident took place.

Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu):Anandraj, a 42-year-old man from Tamil Nadu died tragically after he slipped off a hill near Arunachaleswarar Temple in Thiruvannamalai. Anandraj, who worked as a cashier at the Bank of Baroda, was part of a group of 17 people, including 15 boys and 2 adults, who climbed the 2,668 feet high hill behind the famous Arunachaleswarar Temple in Thiruvannamalai at 6.30 am today. Anandraj led the group in order to train the boys in trekking.

In an unexpected turn of events, Anandraj slipped off the hill and fell to his death following which the 16 other people fled the scene.

It is common for mountaineers to climb through the tower at Tiruvannamalai temple. But Anandraj went to the top of the mountain without anyone's knowledge and gave trekking training through Kandasramam without permission. The deceased is from Villupuram district.

Meanwhile, his wife has lodged a complaint with the police. Fire and Forest Department officers climbed the mountain and retrieved his body.

The District Collector KS Kandasamy had banned climbing the hill three years ago and yet such incidents keep happening around the area.

Public and social activists of the district have demanded that the Government monitor the climbers and intensify preventive measures as unforeseen incidents continue to take place.