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Select authorities road stretches passing done the Tiruchi Forest Circle’s jurisdiction are poised to spell greenish arsenic avenue plantations of autochthonal histrion seedlings are to beryllium taken up nether this task involving the State Highways and the Forest department.
The Highways Department is backing the task which would beryllium executed done the Green Tamil Nadu Mission with objectives of enhancing greenish screen and reducing the interaction of aerial contamination on road stretches.
The Forest Department has been entrusted with the task of raising and planting taller seedlings of autochthonal trees on the identified roadworthy stretches. A associated inspection of field-level officials of the 2 departments would beryllium carried retired aft getting a database of identified stretches from the Highways department.
The greenish task is to beryllium implemented successful 2026-27 successful Pudukottai, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchi, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, and Thanjavur Forest Divisions falling nether the jurisdiction of the Tiruchi Forest Circle. The people for raising histrion seedlings has been specified for each Forest Division by the authorities of the Green Tamil Nadu Mission.
Specific targets fixed
The program is to rise 1,10,000 seedlings by assorted Forest Divisions successful Tiruchi Forest Circle. Seedlings to beryllium raised successful Pudukottai and Thanjavur are 22,000 each portion it is 11,000 seedlings each successful respect of the different divisions. The task of raising the autochthonal seedlings is to commence soon portion the existent planting would beryllium done successful the 2026-27 fiscal year, said Forest Department officials.
In Perambalur district, the seedlings would beryllium raised successful the high-tech nursery established nether the Green Tamil Nadu Mission. In Pudukottai district, the seedlings are to beryllium raised successful the Forest Department nurseries successful Pudukottai, Tirumayam, Keeranur, and Aranthangi.
Seedlings of autochthonal taxon specified arsenic ‘naaval’, ‘pungan’, ‘vembu’, tamarind, and ‘neermarudhu’ are to beryllium raised successful the nurseries. After carrying retired planting work, the seedlings would beryllium maintained for 3 years by the Forest Department to guarantee their endurance on roadworthy sides. The main nonsubjective down this task is to substantially trim interaction of contamination caused by automobile fumes and amended the aerial quality, the officials said.
A abstracted task of planting seedlings of autochthonal histrion taxon has been implemented on identified nationalist road stretches passing done Tiruchi Forest Circle’s bounds with the task funded by the National Highways Authority of India.
