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Madurai, Dec. 31

One of the major spice producing centres in Dindigul district, Thadiyankudi, is being promoted as the first endogenous spices tourism spot in the district under a United Nations Development Programme. According to the District Collector, Ms R. Vasuki, the district administration would be pumping Rs 50 lakh to improve the project area. Tribal men and women would be trained as tourist guides. The project area has 123 plant species, 17 cultivated plants, 33 medicinal plants, 120 species of birds, 10 mammals, 35 species of lizards and 37 other invertebrates, according to a survey. —

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