Srirangam park visitors to get insight into butterflies’ lifecycle

A visit to butterfly park at Srirangam now looks to be more fact-filled than fun, with the forest department making arrangements to offer the tourists interesting insights into the nectar-feeding insects.
Expected to instill habit of nature conservation in the people, the new effort will provide an opportunity to the visitors to know more about the lifecycle of butterflies in the ecosystem through a 30-minute video.
The video has been prepared in a way to create awareness among the visitors on conserving the environment, and is expected to add to the thrill the visitors experience from spotting the insects in the park. The move comes following repeated calls from the butterfly-watchers for the screening of a video featuring the insects and their details for the school and college students visiting the park large numbers. With a seating capacity of 100 persons, the forest department would screen the audiovisual content on butterflies twice a day at 12 noon and 5 pm in the evening. A nominal fee of Rs 20 would be charged from the visitors to witness the screening.


K Jayasankar 48 from Woriayur, who has been to the park several times, said that his visit this time was more special as he was able to learn about the lifecycle of the beautiful insects.
He lauded the video for its content saying the message was vital in spreading the word for environment conservation. "The video effectively highlighted the damage caused by humans to the species," he said, pointing out the final few minutes of the video. "While butterflies are ecological indicators, the content was useful in knowing that about the kind of plants that attracts butterflies."
P Saravanan, 51, who came all the way from Rajapalayam in Viruthunagar district, said that he went back to his classroom memories, watching the informative video.
Lauding the initiative, Saravanan suggested that the screening should be also done in Tamil, as many would find it difficult to understand the English version. Trichy district forest officer Naga Sathish Gidijala said that the department has received a lot of requests to screen a video on butterflies. "We have got many requests from college and school students to make something like this for them," he said.

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