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A people of 8,23,700 saplings have been fixed for plantation crossed the territory this twelvemonth nether the Green Tamil Nadu Mission, said Minister for Tourism R. Rajendran here connected Wednesday (September 24, 2025).
Marking Green Tamil Nadu Mission Day, the Minister launched the plantation thrust astatine Government Law College, Ariyanur, successful the beingness of District Collector R. Brindha Devi. Speaking connected the occasion, helium said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin initiated the ngo successful 2022 to grow the State’s greenish screen and to bring one-third of the onshore country nether wood cover.
Salem district, with a full country of 5,205 sq. km, presently has 1,331 sq. km (28%) nether greenish cover. To execute the 33% target, an additional 386.65 sq. km must beryllium converted into wood onshore implicit the adjacent decade. This requires an yearly mean summation of 38.67 sq. km., helium said.
This year’s plantation thrust includes autochthonal and commercialized taxon specified arsenic jamun, pungam, tamarind, kodukkapuli, neem, jackfruit, teak, metallic oak, and malai vembu. Special accent volition beryllium placed connected jamun trees to beforehand biodiversity.
Earlier, the Minister distributed prizes and certificates to schoolhouse students who excelled successful biology consciousness competitions. Senior wood officials, instrumentality assemblage staff, and students took part.
