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The International Bird Centre coming up astatine Agaram Reserve Forest and the Kazhuveli Wetland Bird Sanctuary successful Villupuram district, volition beryllium a hub for planetary vertebrate conservation. The centre volition diagnostic a conservation centre, probe and grooming facilities, quality trails, bird-watching operation and boardwalks.
District Collector Sheik Abdul Rahman connected Thursday laid the instauration chromatic for the centre aft the task was virtually launched by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
According to the Forest Department, the IBC volition beryllium established nether the Tamil Nadu Strengthening Coastal Resilience and the Economy Project (TN-SHORE) astatine an estimated outgo of ₹50.3 crore. The centre is envisaged arsenic a hub for vertebrate conservation consciousness done some interior (displays and models) and exterior (wetland mimic area/nature trail) interpretation.
At the Agaram Forest, the IBC volition beryllium developed implicit an country of 47.46 acres. It volition see a scope of amenities — a conservation centre, a wetland mimic area, and probe and grooming facilities — each aimed astatine promoting conservation awareness.
The program besides is to conception a scaled exemplary of Kazhuveli water that traces its past done ample mentation boards, multimedia experiential abstraction and digitally enabled stations wherever visitors tin perceive to calls of birds autochthonal to the sanctuary.
A bird-watch operation volition besides beryllium established. The tower, projected to beryllium 10.8 metres high, volition dwell of 3 levels, each providing astir 450 sq.ft. of abstraction for exploration and observation.
A. Periyasamy, Chief Conservator of Forests, Villupuram Circle and officials attended.
