Rural
We passed through a wetland through the Hungerford estate and this is like the top of the watershed. It is a Toda settlement – Kundah Kode mund. In local parlance wetlands are called “Hadda” and some of these may have been here before, according to a Toda elder. Lower down in the valley intensive cultivation of carrots take place in small patches – water table is shallow there. Swamps may have been converted into small agricultural plots. Wetlands are typically boundaries for Todas in this area.
