After declaring the nation’s first Slender Loris Sanctuary and Dugong Conservation Reserve, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department has plans to set up the conservation centres for both in two years.
The Loris centre will come up in Ayyalur in Dindigul district.
The Dugong centre will come up at Manora in Thanjavur district.
The Dugong Conservation Centre will serve as the centre of attention of the whole project.
There will be a marine museum, amphitheatre, marine exploration centre and a fishermen’s cove.