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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The elephant camp at Kappukadu in Kottoor here is poised to become the country’s first rehabilitation centre for elephants with international standards. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the work of the first phase of the project at Kottoor at 4 pm on Sunday. The centre will come up in an area of 176 hectares and the first phase would cost `71.9 crore. A paper manufacturing unit will also be set up to effectively make use of the estimated three tonnes of elephant dung. A biogas plant, plastic recyling facility and solid waste management facility are other features of the elephant rehab centre..