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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Elephant orphanage at Neyyar dam

Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said that the government will set up an elephant orphanage at the Neyyar dam in Thiruvananthapuram. He was addressing a meeting at Kodannur Sree Dharma Sastha Temple on Sunday to confer the 'Gajaraja' title on Jayaram Kannan, an elephant owned by cine actor Jayaram. "The orphanage would be modelled on the ones in Sri Lanka. A sum of Rs.50 lakh has been set apart for the project.

The Hindu, 6th October 2008

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