After reclaiming 6.35 acres of land in Cathedral Road from the possession of Agri Horticultural Society, a private organisation, the Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops has launched its customer service and opened it to the public.
“We have shifted the outlet of the Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (Tanhoda) from K.K. Nagar to the reclaimed land and started selling plants, seeds and manure. We have created a link between the new area and the contiguous Senganthal Poonga, which was opened to the public in 2020,” said R. Brinda Devi, Director, Horticulture and Plantation Crops.
The department removed the fence for 12 feet to link the two areas, paving the way for the walkers of the Senganthal Poonga to explore the newly acquired area, where there are two wells and two borewells, an artificial mountain and innumerable trees, offering it a look of a mini forest. There is a statue of Mahatma Gandhi unveiled by the former Chief Minister M. Bhaktavatsalam in 1966.
