CHENNAI: The 273.8-hectare Nanmangalam reserve forest along the Velacherry-Tambaram road is to be declared a sanctuary.
State forest secretary Supriya Sahu said an advisory committee for the purpose had been constituted with Jayashree Vencatesan of Care Earth Trust, K Sankar, former director of Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, C Arivazhagan of Indo-American Wildlife Society, and former chief wildlife warden R Sundarraju as members.