Tamil Nadu sanctions Rs 8 crore for butterfly park

The Times of India , Monday, May 14, 2012
Correspondent :
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government today proposed setting up a butterfly park in chief minister J Jayalalithaa's constituency Srirangam at a cost of over eight crore rupees.

"A special scheme has been drawn for establishing a butterfly park in 10 hectare area in Upper Anaicut Reserve Forest near Srirangam at an outlay of Rs 8.67 crore," forests minister KT Patchaimal told the state assembly. "A sum of Rs 1.62 crore has been sanctioned from the 13th Finance Commission grants and Rs 7.05 crore would be sanctioned in 2012-13," he said.

As part of government efforts to prevent man-animal conflict, he said Rs 10 crore had been allocated for the year to take-up works including anti-poaching measures. Jayalalithaa had approved a sum of Rs 44.13 crore for four years starting 2012-13 in this regard, he added.

Further, the over 1.41 lakh hectare Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary will be developed as a tiger reserve, making it the fourth one in the state after Kalakkad-Mundanthurai, Anamalai and Mudumalai reserves, he said.

Patchaimal said a legislation would be brought to prevent trees in government lands being felled. In the event of a tree being cut, it would have to be compensated by planting 10 saplings, he said adding a committee would be formed to monitor this.

 
SOURCE : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Tamil-Nadu-sanctions-Rs-8-crore-for-butterfly-park/articleshow/13136820.cms
 


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