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V.S. Palaniappan
COIMBATORE: : Hoping that the delayed monsoon will set in at any time, the Coimbatore circle of the Forest Department is getting ready for a drive to plant saplings on 2,900 hectares in the Coimbatore and Nilgiris revenue districts. Talking to The Hindu , T. Sekar, Conservator of Forests, Coimbatore Circle, said greening activities would be carried out under the Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project (TAP), the Western Ghats Development Programme (WGDP) and the Hill Area Development Programme (HADP).
Bio-nutrients
The department nursed dozen well-grown species that could escape the menace of stray cattle. The seedlings were ready for being planted in nurseries. Only shade bearing and flowering species were selected. They included bamboo, neem, pungan, vaagai, odai and aya. To make them healthy, the saplings were given bio-nutrients such as Rhizobium, Azospirillum, Phosporobacterium and vermi-compost manure. He said the Department began preliminary works such as site identification and pit preparation with the help of Village Forest Committees. The District Forest Officers and wildlife wardens were co-ordinating the arrangements. The Department would plant 1,700 seedlings in the Coimbatore urban area and 3,260 saplings would be set aside for the towns in the Nilgiris. The department would enter into a tie-up with the local bodies for site identification and co-ordination. The department would pay Rs. 200 a seedling. The scheme had a provision for 10 per cent casualty replacement during the first year. The saplings that failed to survive would be replaced and soil work taken up around the pit. The survival rate would depend on the vagaries of nature, and efforts would be made to achieve cent per cent results, he said. In the Nilgiris upper plateau, the drive would be over by July during the southwest monsoon. In the Coimbatore region including the Coimbatore and Anaimalai divisions, the work would be done during the northeast monsoon in September, Dr. Sekar said.
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