The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) here has taken up a project for setting up a butterfly park-cum-garden with insect museum at Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur, 40 km from Chennai. The idea behind the project, sanctioned by the Department of Tourism and Culture, Tamil Nadu, was to generate conservation awareness among the visitors to the park, Dr C Ramasamy, TNAU ViceChancellor, said in a release on Monday.The garden would be a facility created through careful choice of host plants and habitat so as to exhibit butterflies in the natural settings. The area would be landscaped to create different butterfly habitats such as open areas, bushes, streams, waterfalls and rock gardens The Tamil Nadu Agric- ultural University (TNAU) here has taken up a project for setting up a butterfly park-cum-gar- den with insect museum at Arignar Anna Zoolo- gical Park at Vandalur, 40 km from Chennai. The idea behind the project, sanctioned by the Department of Tourism and Culture, Tamil Nadu, was to generate conserva- tion awareness among the visitors to the park, Dr C Ramasamy, TNAU Vice- Chancellor, said in a release on Monday.The garden would be a facility created through careful choice of host plants and habitat so as to exhibit butterflies in the natural settings. The area would be landscaped to create different butterfly habitats such as open areas, bush- es, streams, waterfalls and rock gardens.

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