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New scheme to increase tree cover

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: With a view to increasing the tree cover outside forest areas in a big way, the State Government is to launch a scheme in the current financial year at a cost of Rs 10 lakh.

Under the scheme, lands available in the State including wastelands in private farm holdings would be identified and brought under tree cover. The farmers would be given quick-yielding and profitable drought-resistant timber species. The scheme was expected to boost the rural economy by raising the income levels and at the same time meet the demand for timber, resulting in forest conservation, said Forest Minister N. Selvaraj in the Assembly on Wednesday.

In connection with the function to mark the golden jubilee of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's entry into the legislature, the department would distribute 50 lakh drought-resistant tree species free to small and marginal farmers at a cost of Rs. 2 crore.

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