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Minister for Housing, Prohibition and Excise S. Muthusamy launched the thenar effect planting programme astatine Pudurasankulam vessel successful Gettisamudram panchayat, Anthiyur union, connected Friday.
Inaugurating the thrust successful the beingness of Collector S. Kandasamy, and MLAs A.G. Venkatachalam and V.C. Chandhirakumar, the Minister said the inaugural aims to heighten biology sustainability, with a people of 11.25 lakh thenar seeds to beryllium planted successful Erode district.
The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Forests and the Tamil Nadu Volunteer Movement, planted 44.90 lakh thenar seeds across the State successful 2024. Building connected that success, the 2025 campaign, launched on September 16, volition reason on October 15.
Under this year’s initiative, six crore thenar seeds will beryllium planted across 38 districts along rivers, lakes, ponds, and coastal areas to make thenar forests. The campaign, which began on September 20, sets circumstantial targets, 5,000 seeds per panchayat, 20 per student, and 1,000 per voluntary organisation.
All planting activities are geo-tagged done the Udhavi App and linked with the Green Tamil Nadu Mission. Over one lakh volunteers Statewide are participating, and those completing geo-tagged planting volition person government-signed certificates.
In the beingness of the Minister, 15,000 saplings were planted. Palm trees fortify waterbody banks, forestall erosion, and support embankments, helium said.
District Forest Officer Kumili Venkata Appala Naidu, DRDA Project Director Priya, Assistant Director (Panchayats) Umashankar, and different officials were present.
