The first rescue and rehabilitation centre for monkeys in South India was was inaugurated at Gandi Ramanna Haritavanam near Chincholi village in Nirmal district, Telangana on December 20, 2020.
- First in Himachal: It is the second such facility for the primates in the country. The other facility in the country was in Himachal Pradesh.
- To house 200 monkeys: The state forest department has set up a campus in Chincholi village for housing up to 200 monkeys for a period of 10 to 15 days, after which they will be released in forest areas.
- Sustainable habitat for the primates: To make the rehabilitation centre a sustainable habitat for the primates, several fruit and flowering plants, a variety of trees that provide shade, and medicinal plants would be grown.
