Nanmangalam Reserve Forest is a protected forest located in
Chengalpattu district, about 24 km from the city centre. It is located at
Medavakkam on Velachery High Road between
Velachery and
Tambaram. The
reserve forest has an area of 320 hectares. However, the total area of the forest is 2,400 hectares.[1]
The 320-hectare Nanmangalam Reserved Forest, located about 10 km from Velachery, is a scrubland around an abandoned granite quarry[3] and is home to some of the rare territorial orchids, according to a recent study.[citation needed]
The state forest department has entrusted the work of data collection in this small forest area to Care Earth, a bio-diversity research organisation. Located near Medavakkam, a rapidly developing residential locality, the forest needs immediate fencing to protect it from encroachment and to curtail any non-forestry activity there, the study says.[citation needed]
The neighbourhood of Nanmangalam is one of the 163 notified areas (
megalithic sites) in the state of
Tamil Nadu.[4]
Nanmangalam Reserve Forest is a protected forest located in
Chengalpattu district, about 24 km from the city centre. It is located at
Medavakkam on Velachery High Road between
Velachery and
Tambaram. The
reserve forest has an area of 320 hectares. However, the total area of the forest is 2,400 hectares.[1]
The 320-hectare Nanmangalam Reserved Forest, located about 10 km from Velachery, is a scrubland around an abandoned granite quarry[3] and is home to some of the rare territorial orchids, according to a recent study.[citation needed]
The state forest department has entrusted the work of data collection in this small forest area to Care Earth, a bio-diversity research organisation. Located near Medavakkam, a rapidly developing residential locality, the forest needs immediate fencing to protect it from encroachment and to curtail any non-forestry activity there, the study says.[citation needed]
The neighbourhood of Nanmangalam is one of the 163 notified areas (
megalithic sites) in the state of
Tamil Nadu.[4]