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Cool move: Scenes like this will soon be a reality in Tirunelveli Corporation. TIRUNELVELI: If the proposed exercise to be commenced by the Department of Forest within the Tirunelveli Corporation limits goes well with the officials, councillors, residential associations, clubs and finally, residents, the city will be having an immense green cover in the next few years. With the objective of providing a huge green shield to the twin towns of Tirunelveli and Palayamkottai falling under the jurisdiction of the corporation, the Department of Forest is all set to commence a massive tree planting exercise in the next few weeks, in which 35 species of tree saplings are to be planted. After Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi, announced in the Assembly about this project of substantially increasing the green shelter within the corporation limits by planting thousands of tree saplings, the Department of Forest, in association with the Tirunelveli Corporation, has decided to plant 13,400 tree saplings within the city limits. When the District Forest Officer, A.V. Venkatachalam, met the Mayor, A.L. Subramanian, the Commissioner, T. Mohan, and other top officials recently to discuss the programme, the mayor asked the forest official to explain the salient features of this project to the councillors so that the execution part would be an easy one. “This time we are not going to plant the regular tamarind or neem trees, but we’ve decided to plant the medicinally significant tall plants, which have been even discussed in Tamil literature. Based on the width of the roads, the species of the tree sapling to be planted on a particular stretch will be decided,” Mr. Venkatachalam told the councillors during the council meeting on Thursday. If the road is relatively broad, tall varieties will be preferred while the narrow lanes will get shorter varieties with tree guards. The Department of Forest, which has already commenced the task of raising the tree saplings in its nurseries, will take care of the seedlings for first two years and the responsibility will be handed over to locals or residents’ welfare associations in the third year. Apart from this, the schools, parks, government and corporation offices and other public places will also be provided with tree saplings.
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