Area around kakkayam dam of kozhikode district is going to be a wildlife sanctuary with the name malabar wildlife sanctuary which is already famous with orkuzhy water falls and rajan murder case.
The Department of Forest and Wildlife has set in motion a plan to establish wildlife sanctuary, covering the reserve forest areas of Kozhikode and Wayanad districts.
The sanctuary will consist of the forest areas in and around Kakkayam in Kozhikode district and the adjoining forest tracts in Wayanad, with a total area of 75 sq. km. The Western Ghat region comes under the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. It is an integral part of the Wayanad Elephant Reserve under Project Elephant.
The Kakkayam Reserve Forest, the vested forest of the Kombium beat and the Kalpudian beat of Peruvannamuzhy range and the vested forest of Achooranam and Kuriachermala of the Kalpetta range will form part of the sanctuary,The sanctuary would strengthen conservation of biodiversity and the catchments of three important reservoirs.
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