Nellikkuzhi Kurian left his Dubai business, toiled for 20 years to build biodiversity park with 4800 plant species
An engineer left his business in Dubai to build a biodiversity park. Mango Meadows Agriculture Pleasure Land, built by Nellikkuzhi Kuriakkose Kurian, houses 4800 plant species. Several forests have been cut down in the name of development by industries and governments alike, hurting tribal populations as well as local fauna and flora around the country. However, 50-year-old Nellikkuzhi Kuriakkose Kurian stands out. Nellikkuzhi Kurian has built a man-made oasis in Ayamkudy, a village in the state's Kottayam district, using money from his own pocket. For the past three years, the Mango Meadows Agriculture Pleasure Land, a biodiversity park, has become a popular site for visitors and tourists to revitalise in the middle of nature, with not a speck of pollution on its premises. Nellikkuzi's objective when he began was never to establish a park for touristic interests. Nellikkuzi, a Kaipuzha native, began his career as an engineer directing construction sites in Mumba...