20,000 school students across Tamil Nadu to be trained in forest conservation and wildlife census, says Minister

Tourism Minister R. Rajendran inaugurated a grooming programme for teachers connected man-animal struggle connected Monday. Later the Minister distributed welfare assistance worthy ₹20.08 crore arsenic portion of Cooperative Week celebrations.

Speaking astatine the relation aft inaugurating a grooming programme for teachers astatine Manakkadu Kamarajar Girls Higher Secondary School, Mr. Rajendran said arsenic per the Environment and Climate Change authorities bid (GO), 20,000 schoolhouse students crossed Tamil Nadu volition beryllium trained successful wood conservation and wildlife census.

The students volition beryllium selected and trained with the purpose of creating consciousness connected wood occurrence absorption and human-wildlife conflict. Classes volition beryllium taken connected topics including wood and wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, wood conservation, wood occurrence management, and wildlife census, the Minister added.

Stating that 1,500 students volition beryllium selected successful Chennai district, the Minister added the from the remaining 37 districts, 500 each volition beryllium selected for the programme to. In Salem district, 25 teachers were selected to bid 20 students each. For 2 days, grooming volition beryllium fixed for the selected teachers. The trained teachers volition springiness grooming for selected students for a month, the Minister added.

Later, the Minister participated successful the 72nd All India Cooperative Week celebrations held astatine the Salem District Central Cooperative Bank assemblage hall. The Minister distributed payment assistance worthy ₹20.08 crore to 2,593 beneficiaries. Likewise, the Minister inaugurated buildings worthy ₹3.55 crore successful the function.

Speaking astatine the function, Mr. Rajendran said that successful Salem district, determination were 11.11 lakh ration card-holders and 21,642 metric tonnes of essential items were distributed. In the past four-and-a-half years, loans worthy ₹21,856 crore were distributed, helium added.

IDistrict Collector R. Brindha Devi, MPs S.R. Sivalingam, D. Malaiyarasan and T.M. Selvaganapathi, MLAs R. Arul and S. Sathasivam, Mayor A. Ramachandran and officials participated.