No footwear ban on Velliangiri Hills trek, clarify officials

Amid reports of a footwear ban while climbing Velliangiri Hills in Coimbatore, authorities said the information was misinterpreted. The restriction applies only within the Poondi temple premises. Volunteers had wrongly put up banners asking trekkers not to wear footwear. Devotees may carry footwear and wear it once they begin the climb, dismissing claims of a total ban.