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The Centre for Heritage and Ecological Research done Arts and Literature (Cheral), Madurai, has urged the State authorities to state Jakkammal Karadu successful Andipatti successful Theni territory arsenic an archaeological protected monument and Biodiversity Heritage Site.
Cheral, successful a property release, urged Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology to state the elevation arsenic a protected monument and the Forest Department to state it a Biodiversity Heritage Site.
Jakkammal Karadu is simply a tract of archaeological and biodiversity significance. Neolithic chromatic tools and Megalithic potsherds were discovered successful the vicinity of the hill. Megalithic play white-pigmented cave paintings connected the bluish broadside of the hill, 9th period sculpture of a Tirthankara connected the occidental broadside of the elevation and 400-year-old leader chromatic adjacent to the elevation were found.
Evidence recovered astatine the tract indicates that Jakkammal Karadu has served arsenic a continuous quality habitation from the Neolithic play to caller times.
It was profoundly concerning that the archaeological relics of this historically important elevation were presently successful a authorities of decay and facing the menace of disappearance, the merchandise said.
Cheral urged the authorities to instrumentality indispensable steps to state Jakkammal Karadu arsenic a protected archaeological monument nether the Tamil Nadu Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1966.
The merchandise said Jakkammal Karadu serves arsenic a situation for implicit 20 taxon of chaotic mammals, 40 taxon of birds, and assorted reptiles, and much than 50 works taxon person been documented connected the hill. The fig of taxon connected the biodiversity database could summation further if elaborate surveys were conducted.
Given its affluent biodiversity, Cheral urged the authorities to instrumentality indispensable steps to state Jakkammal Karadu a Biodiversity Heritage Site nether Section 37 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
Cheral said they person made a practice to the authorities acrophobic successful this respect and precocious conducted a Nature-Heritage Walk astatine Jakkammal Karadu.
