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Against the backdrop of imaginable EL Nino conditions processing successful 2026, the Cuddalore territory medication successful relation with the Department of Agriculture organised an consciousness conscionable astir the improvement successful Cuddalore.
Addressing the meeting, District Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar said El Nino, which has precocious been wide discussed, is simply a clime improvement based connected oversea aboveground somesthesia changes successful the Pacific Ocean. He said the gathering was being held to explicate the clime changes associated with this phenomenon, their interaction compared with erstwhile years, and the precautionary measures needed to beryllium taken by farmers.
El Nino is simply a climatic information that occurs erstwhile oversea aboveground temperatures successful the cardinal and eastbound Pacific Ocean emergence supra mean levels, helium explained. The medication instructed Agriculture Department officials to make consciousness among farmers astir Super El Nino and to guarantee the connection reaches villages effectively. Officials should hole abbreviated consciousness videos to make consciousness among farmers connected the imaginable interaction of El Nino, helium said.
The territory medication has been taking respective measures to summation greenish screen and recharge groundwater. Saplings are being raised and planted done assorted departments, including the Rural Development Department and the Forest Department.
Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, nurseries were established successful each blocks past year, and saplings were prepared. Plans were successful spot to works astir 1 lakh saplings implicit 2 months connected barren lands, on the banks of waterbodies, and connected roadside stretches, helium said.
According to him, 107 insignificant irrigation tanks crossed the territory were identified for desilting and betterment past year, and 70 per cent of the enactment has present been completed. Steps volition beryllium taken to implicit the remaining enactment astatine the earliest.
To forestall seawater intrusion, the Water Resources Department is carrying retired respective projects successful the district. Following dense floods during past monsoon, low-lying areas successful Cuddalore, Panruti and Kurinjipadi were severely affected. Permanent flood prevention works are present being implemented successful those areas to trim aboriginal damage.
The territory medication would instrumentality swift enactment connected works that could beryllium implemented directly, portion different demands would beryllium forwarded to the authorities for due action.
