Thoppur

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'Thoppur (தொப்பூர்) or Thoppur Ghat is a hill town in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu, India. It lies between the city of Salem and the city of Dharmapuri (தர்மபுரி) on National Highway 44, at its junction with Mettur Dam Road (SH 20). It is {{convert|35|km|mi}} north of the city of Salem and {{convert|20|km|mi}} south of the city of Dharmapuri.

Transport

Thoppur lies on National Highway 44, a major north-south highway in India.{{cite news|title=Official apathy turns Thoppur Ghat a killer stretch |date=8 December 2011|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Official-apathy-turns-Thoppur-Ghat-a-killer-stretch/articleshow/11032110.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208124434/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Official-apathy-turns-Thoppur-Ghat-a-killer-stretch/articleshow/11032110.cms|archive-date=8 December 2011|newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=live}}{{dead|date=August 2023}} It is also the terminal point of State Highway 20 which connects to the town of Mettur and the city of Erode.{{Cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project|publisher=Highways and Minor Ports Department|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214081150/http://www.tnhighways.org/tnrsp.htm|archivedate=14 December 2012|url-status=dead|url=http://www.tnhighways.org/tnrsp.htm}} The NH-44 has the highest rate of fatal accidents of any National Highway in India, with 315 people killed in a three-year period in the early 2020s, which is 3.37 deaths per kilometer per year.{{Cite web |url=https://tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/with-over-3-deaths-per-km-every-year-nh-44-most-fatal-report-509566 |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 August 2023 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830211528/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/with-over-3-deaths-per-km-every-year-nh-44-most-fatal-report-509566 |url-status=dead }}

References

Category:Villages in Dharmapuri district