The forest department has started preparatory work to plant 4.25 lakh saplings in Cyclone Vardahbattered Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts.
The afforestation programme was announced some time ago as these districts lost thousands of trees during the cyclone in December last year.
The proposal by the department has three components -planting two-metre tall saplings on avenues and public areas, planting tall saplings in reserved forests which were also affected due to the cyclone, and the third component is to sell small sa plings at `10 a piece to the public...................Read more
Source: The Times Group
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