Forgotton Ghost Town of Kudremukh | Karnataka Tourism | Incredible India | Steps Together
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- This is very short documentary about the past and present of the forgotten and abandoned town of Kudremukh.
Please note all the facts in this video is based on the article 'Kudremukh: Karnataka's ghost town revisited after fifteen years' by Harsha, published in The New Indian Express dated 11th September 2016.
Below is the link to the original article. Dont miss to read it.
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This was part of our 3 days trip to Chikkamagalur and Hassan during 30 Dec 2016.
Below is the detailed itinerary of our trip.
Day 1:
Bangalore to Horanadu. Link to Vlog: Coming Soon.
Horanadu to Vasishta Theertha and Kalaseshwara Temple. (Link to Vlog: www.youtube.co...)
Amba Theertha, Kalasa.
(Link to Vlog: www.youtube.co...)
Day2:
Horanadu to Hallimane and Samase tea estate, Kalasa
(Link: www.youtube.co...)
Kalasa to Kudremukha
(Link: • Kudremukh | Kudremukh ... )
Kuduremukha Town (Current Vlog)
Charmadi Ghat (Link to Vlog: www.youtube.co...)
Day 3:
Belur to Manjarabad Fort (Link to Vlog: www.youtube.co...)
Bisle Ghat (Link to vlog: www.youtube.co...)
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Surrounded by a CBSE school, a 50-bed hospital, a civil supplies
warehouse, a recreation centre and a bustling town with thousands...of houses and population of more than 35,000 and half a dozen shopping complexes..This was the scene of this forgotten ghost city Kudremukh 15 years ago.
A stony silence greets you when you enter the town now...
The school was closed 2 years ago. All shopping complexes, restaurants, hotels, banks, petrol outlets and the only college have closed down now. From a population of around 35,000 once, the town has hardly a few hundred people now.
KIOCL has stopped the maintenance of Kudremukha park,
"Nandanavana" because of lack of tourists.
The hospital, functioning with half a dozen staff, leaks at many places.
Just 15 years ago Kudremukh, was a paradise with uninterrupted power and water supply. It was in 1987 that Kudremukh was declared as a national park
(630 sqkm). But mining operations continued even after the lease ended in 1999. Following Supreme Court’s orders, mining operations ceased on December 31, 2005.
After mining ended, the iron ore plant with an annual capacity of 7.5 million tonnes and other machinery was pulled apart and shipped as scrap.
A majority of 1,922 quarters spread over 370 acres, that once housed families of KIOCL employees, are in disintegrated condition now.
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Hey..
Thanks for this. Started my family life here...A tiny house, colony life,weekend markets,bonfire to drive the cold,the kitchen window overlooking the mountains,a little stream...I was learning to cook..Oh.Lovely...that was 1995-1997...
Mallika Shetty Happy to know our vlog brought back your old memories. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Mallika Shetty me too
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helo..m from hubli north karnataka wenevr i go to darmastala.,i took this road i think ur realy lucky persons ya
I am 48 hostel students during my apprentice.
I too am from kudremukha. My childhood and junior schooling was there before everyone started moving out.
Btw the town had three schools. A government school, central school, convent school. Also a cisf base. A helipad. Markets. 3 temples too.
The town was too developed even to this days terms. It was maintained by the people and the company society. A great community of people.
Thanks for the video :)
TheHoolabalooga Thanks for sharing the info. 👍
Hey brother can you help me to get information about kudremuk trekking and stay
I was living there in cost colony
I hate population , so I prefer to explore Ghost towns than crowded towns , I wish we will have many more places will follow footsteps of this town , where no human population and will only have wild nature
People,Culture, Nature, makes India unique!
Absolutely. Thanks for commenting :-)
My friends and I visited Kudremukh during the mid 90s when we all were students in Mangalore. 10 guys and 5 bikes.. it was fun. We reached there at night and could not find any place to stay. I think we slept in a park. It was so cold and had to lie down for sometime on the road tarmac which was very warm 😂. So sad to see the town in this state now. Your video brought back a lot of nice memories. Thanks for this video 👍
SBN's Videos Wow. Looks like you guys had amazing experience there then. Happy to know that our vlog brought back some of your good old memories. Thanks for watching and letting us know your experience. Happy travelling 🙂
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yessss!!!!!!!!!!great job by The Honorable Supreme court of india
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Even though it has turned into a ghost town. That, in my opinion, is the best thing that has happened. Kudremukha as a national park and if any of facilities would have been kept running, then people would have tried settling there and that would ruin the ecology. Also, I'm glad that steps have NOT been taken to improve tourism there. Else it would be another Mullayanagiri/Bababudangiri with irresponsible tourists ruining the beauty. Anyways, beautiful video. :) Keep exploring!
The DUKE Man We prefer to stay neutral without taking side of de industrialization or ecology and respecting both. If you have visited the town during its golden days you would understand the feel of sadness its empty roads and buildings poses now. Completely agree with the irresponsible attitude of so called tourists in the beautiful places around. Thanks for watching the video and commenting down your views. Waiting for your new vlogs 🙂👍
First learn humanity and speak with some knowledge , have you seen kudhremukh when the company was running ???????
Mr Duke man
U r talking rubbish with no knowledge about this place
Very nice video ! I had visited Kudremukh in 2000, when it was still brimming with life.
Ganapati Hegde Thank you. Good to know you have memories attached to this place. 👍
Thanks for memories I was born and brought up in kudremukh I spent my 25 yrs here my dad worked in mines I love my birthplace kudremukh
Glad that you liked the video.Hope we will do much better quality video on this amazing town sometimes soon.. thanks for watching...
Good to hear,came across this video, was curious to see if anyone of u r from Kudremukh,I spent almost 38yrs in that heaven
Its very sad to see the city now. I still remember those days of 1998 till 2001 when I visited Kudremukh around 2-3 times during my child hood. we used to pass by Kudremukh whenever we visit Horanadu and Kalsa and we used to visit the Park/Garden which was very well maintained with full of Green and flowers also they had some instruments for children to hang out there. we used to love visiting Kudremukh. Also we visited the Dam which was empty and filled with iron ore wastes. I am very surprised to see the city now in this video. Thanks for this Video.
True. Thank for watching our vlog and sharing your experience with this town in detail. 🙂👍
My birthplace ...Still missing it Soooo much....
Smitha Bangari Good to know 👍
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ur luky....i wish i wud have bornd ter..its heaven on earth..
Allig hogok bidthara
@@nazeeralbady4568 bidalla bro, yella place Kuda close madidare
Sir eega pass ella tokolbekalva within 1 hour we need to cross kudremukh
Matte illi ella priort permission tokolbeka?
Kindly reply sir
Thanks
Thank you for bringing my memories back..I was also a resident of kudremukh..☹️
Pawan Naik Thanks for watching and commenting..
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If proper electricity and water is provided to this place this place can be a heaven for tourism.
Vishwajit Sorap No doubt about it. Thanks for the comment.
Wow.. so beautiful is my kannada nadu❤️
Nice to see my beautiful kudremukh childhood memories... wish you would have taken the video a bit slowly to see all the places clearly (for tourists).. thank you for the video 😊
Thanks for watching. Have noted your feedback.
Nice video.. Can we visit now and is there any place to stay?
Yes you can. But no place to stay within this town.
This is my native, brought up here, great memories, feel disturbed the way a beautiful township with good amenities was destroyed, studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya Kudremukh KVK, correction the population did not exceed 10 thousand at any point of time, Helipad, Sita bumi river, Tunga and Bhadra river originates here, GiriJyothi convent school, Govt. School, rainfall sometimes exceeded Chirapunji, much more info...
Its the wonderful experiences from the natives like you, who stayed in the city during its glorious past making this video more contentful. thanks for watching and sharing your views.
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So, there is no accommodation facility available now, even at Sahayadri Bhavan?
The Kwacker Sahyadri Bhavan is one among the few institutes which are still maintained and operating in Kudremukh. You can observe that in video too. Accommodation is still available here.
Thanks for the info, had been in doubt whether to stay at Kudremukh when visited....
The Kwacker Hotel has fairly good ratings in TripAdvisor too.
Lovely video this was my place where I spent my whole childhood
saleema salu Thank you. 🙂
Sweet Memories.thanks
Thanks for watching :-)
This is heart breaking. 😓 I made a video of Kudremukh national park and left a link to this video. 😊
#VinayWasHere Thanks for watching and sharing.
You guys are doing a excellent job with your travel vlog. Keep it up
Pranesh Kadekar Thank a lot. Glad that you liked our vlogs.
Feel really Sad to see in this condition. Most Towns in Western Ghats are getting deserted year after year. Youths have already migrated to Metro cities due to their career and profession. We can only see Old faces. Kudremukh was a engineering marvel in 1980's. Very depressing to see such a beautiful town as Ghost town. Central govt can start some thing here to kick start movement of local people.
Absolutely true. thanks for expresing your views. 👍
Yes full agree 👍
I first visited kudremukh garden in 26 Jan 2000.
Full of crowd kids were playing in the well maintained garden and elders are enjoying the beautiful garden
Last time when I visited in 2018 I felt very sad.everything is ruined now such a beautiful town is now become a waste land.I feel very sorry for Kudremukh once pride of our country for iron ore become ghost town
Govt should have developed the place as tourism spot
Such a well maintained garden is completely vanished.
Really feel sorry
We too have similar memories with the place. Thanks for sharing your thoughts..😊
Stop adding a tag name as ghost town
Yes I know the meaning of it but that tag line hurts many Kudremukh ppl who stayed and living there
Tagline doesn't hurt people's sentiments, lack of amenities does. Just changing the title to 'Nourishing town' doesn't change the reality.
They did a nice job by stopping the mining operations and declaring it as a national park
No doubt. thanks for watching. Plz don't forget to subscribe to us. 🙂
Can anybody tell how to get permission to visit this town because they give passes from check post to another ! One has to reach within time given.
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We visited last year 👌
Good to know :-)
How go to this twon. Any permission
No permission required. you just need to obtain the entry slip from tye forest checkpost as shown in the video
will be going there soon
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Are you a malayali? Can we go together if u didn't go there yet.?
Why the town was stopped?
Due to court stay on mining.
Is there any wildlife now.
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Informative video ... Good.
Glad you liked it!
This town can still be revived by big Real-estate companies if it is auctioned and offcourse without mining activities ,like software hub etc 😊 my honest opinion
Yes. That would be another perspective.
Awesome video bro. Thoamba kushi aytu
Thanks for watching. Share madudanna maribedi ☺
Did u took any permission? Normal civilians are not allowed to stop on that stretch or to take any diversions
Super
Background music is super;;;
Plz send name of music
Basavaraj Lambu Hi, we would be happy to know the feedback for the video.
Alan Walker's faded
oh my god..I visited kudremukh in 2003... sad that now it is ghost town
We visited yesterday now mor than horror befor
No the school is open and still the clg is open I saw the students when I had been there and the kiocl didn't stop actually it is the govt officials who had banned the entry I had been there yesterday 👍
Thanks for the detailed update.
Is it permissible to purchase land here?
I have been there n my in-law s have been staying there
Brouno Patrick Good to know. Are they still staying there? We could hardly see 4 to 5 houses in the town with occupants.
Music name plss.....
Not ghost but for Environmental issues, I have seen Dam
Once bustling but now abandoned town, be it any town is called ghost town. Not because ghosts live there 😂
+Steps Together Right Said, every town has its own time :( thanks for posting
lovely
Thank you.
Can someone tell me why is this town abandoned now? Bcz of ghosts ? Really ?
vickyshetty22 it's Tiger reserve and mining has stopped
Abandoned town is called ghost town. Since the majority of the town population was dependent upon mining industry, when the industry ceased to operate, people migrated to other towns.
I see. Thank you.
AS THE IRON-ORE MINING LEASE ENDED IN 1999 The company still continued mining so supreme court ceased the company & now it is a national park
Who told its ghost town...?
We are still staying in kudremukh only......our great grand fathers stayed here...and our grand father is staying now also.....
En guru ondu narapillenu illa ..Night time odadodu kasta ..Pakka gost town edu
ಹೌದು brother ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ತುಂಬಾನೇ ವಿರಳ ಇಲ್ಲಿ.
Just 15 years back and saying it a forgotten ghost city??
15 yrs is too long time mate. I have see the town during its glorious days and i can see the difference. We all would be happy if you show the lively side of the town.
it's my place actually
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why that annoying song and beats
Agree. This is not ours best. Check out our recent videos plz.
bg scores unnecessary, unless you are exhibiting a club
Noted.
Can I live there...with my soulmate?
At your own risk 😂
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U cant stay there....if u don't have land
ಇದನ್ ಭೂತದ್ ಪಟ್ಟಣ ಅಂಬುಕ್ ಆಗ. ಈ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಜಾಗದಲ್ ತುಂಗಾ ಭದ್ರಾ ನದಿಗಳ್ ಹುಟ್ತೊ. ಗಣಿಗಾರಿಕೆ ನಿಲ್ಸದ್ದ್ ಒಳ್ಳೇದ್ ಆಯ್ತ್. ಜನ್ರ್ ಮತ್ತೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಆಲೋಚನೆ ಮಾಡುದ್ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಆಯ್ಕ್. ಎಷ್ಟ್ ಹೊಸ ಹೊಸ ಶಾಲೆ ಕಾಲೇಜ್ ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿ ಅಲ್ ಕಾಡು ಬೆಳೆಸಿ ನಾಡು ಉಳಿಸಿ ಅಂದಳಿ ಹೇಳಿ ಕೊಡ್ತ್ರಿ? ಇಪ್ಪ್ ಮರನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಕಡ್ದ್ ಅಲಾ ಆ ಶಾಲೆ ಕಾಲೇಜನ್ ಕಟ್ಟದ್ದ್. ಪ್ರಕೃತಿನ್ ಎದ್ರ್ ಹಾಯಿಕನ್ಡ್ ಎಂತದೂ ಮಾಡುಕ್ ಆತಿಲ್ಲೆ 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
ಜನ ಬಿಟ್ ಹೋದ ಊರನ್ನ Ghost town ಅಂತ್ ಹೇಳ್ತ್ರು ಅಷ್ಟೇ. ಭೂತದ್ ಊರು ಅಂತ ಅರ್ಥ ಅಲ್ಲ ಅದು. 😄 ಅದ್ ಬಿಟ್ರೆ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೆಲ್ಲ ನಿಜವೇ. ಮೊದ್ಲ್ ನಮ್ ವಿಕೃತಿ ಹೋದ್ರೆ ಸಾಕ್, ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ತನ್ನನ್ನ ತಾನೆ ಕಂಡ್ಕಣುತ್.
ಪ್ರ ಕ್ರು ತಿ ಯ ಮುಂ ದೆ
ನಾ ವು ತ ರ ಗೆ ಲೆ ಯ o ತೆ.
ಅ ದ ರ ಮುಂ ದು ನಾ ವು
ಮ o ಡಿ ಯು ರ ಲೆ ಬೇ ಕು.
ಅಲ್ವಾ ಮತ್ತೆ..
What.a..sean
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Maybe you should have shown Lakya dam in your video as well as the now closed down KIOCL plant... Brief and nice video. Sad that KIOCL had to shutdown because of environmental issues and support sequently, the township had to be deserted.
८૦ɱԲ૦Ր੮คცՆע ძυɱც Thanks for sharing feedback. Yes we wanted to visit Lakya Dam and Plant. But sadly entry to both the places is restricted. There was barricade on the way to the dam and no one to enquire about. Upon that we had the restriction to get back to the check post within the time window of 1 hr issued by the forest department. It would be helpful for viewers, if you can share the alternative path to visit the Dam (if any).