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Anna Science Centre-Planetarium is taking steps to amended its footfall by focusing connected caller and existing enactment areas connected its premises successful Tiruchi.
As per authoritative statistics, 24,854 radical visited the nationalist installation from April to September this year, compared to 61,309 visitors from April 2024-March 2025.
“The recently opened Fun Science Gallery has been a large gully among schoolhouse groups. The 31 exhibits successful this hallway assistance students recognize subject concepts successful a applicable and enjoyable way,” R. Ahilan, Project Director (in-charge), Anna Science Centre, told The Hindu.
The centre volition beryllium launching the informational movie Deep Sky astatine its four-dimensional projection theatre successful English and Tamil.
The Incubation Hub, inaugurated successful 2021, is acceptable to statesman enrolment. “Membership volition beryllium unfastened to schoolchildren from Classes VI to XII, and assemblage students from authorities and backstage institutions. Working professionals, who request a abstraction to probe their ideas, tin apply,” said S. Jayalakshmi, mentor astatine the Incubation Hub.
The planetarium, among the older nationalist attractions of Tiruchi, was opened to the nationalist connected June 10, 1999. Its 10-acre field hosts respective different facilities specified arsenic the Fun Science Gallery, Innovation Hub, Activity Gallery, and a herbal garden.
Drainage issues
However, the premises is deed by recurring h2o stagnation connected astatine slightest six acres, particularly during the rainy season. Rainwater and sewage outflow from residential colonies successful the vicinity flood the basement of galore of the galleries successful the centre.
The centre is usually visited by ample groups of children from the surrounding districts. Some of the visitors said that the installation should name further unit to explicate the assorted concepts being showcased successful the galleries.
