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4. SITE SELECTION AND ANALYSIS
4.1. Site selection
4.1.1. Hill station
Choosing a hill Station for this project was for the following reasons.
• Nature
• Away from the city
• Comfortable climate all year
• Less pollution
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Choosing a location among the following hill stations,
• Yelagiri
• Yercaud
• Kodaikanal

Working on comparing these hill station by associating selective parameters. The following
table 3.1 show the comparison.
Parameters Yelagiri Yercaud Kodaikanal Reason
Location

Grain (site+ Course grain Course grain Fine grain Reduce fill of
lake as city and more
landmark) into nature

Site

Vegetation 45% 80% 90% Moving or
removal of
trees
minimum
Accessibility 1 2 3 Less distance,
less time,
access by
public
vehicles
Target Chennai, Coimbatore and Bangalore IT people Max corporate
users
Temperature 15- 34°C > 4- 32°C> 2.7- 27.8°C Comfortable
throughout the

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