Troubled Waters: Alien Plants and Water Stress in the Nilgiris

Nilgiris or Blue Mountains may conjure up images of stunning mountains, a hot cup of tea, or both. The blue-green rolling hills covered in grasslands, bottle-green dense shola forests, misty white waterfalls, bright green tea plantations and still blue lakes and reservoirs are all quintessential colours of the Nilgiris. The grasslands, forests, and waters of the Nilgiris share an intimate relationship and have a story to tell.