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Five lakh tree saplings to be planted in Dindigul

DINDIGUL: Five lakh tree saplings would be planted in the district next year to regenerate endangered tree species such as Portia tree (poovarasu) which was vanishing from these parts rapidly, said Collector M. Vallalar.

Inaugurating a district-level conference on ‘Global warming and pollution due to plastic usage’ organised by P.S.N.A. College of Engineering and Technology and Exnora International here on Thursday, he said production of saplings, mostly local varieties, had been started. Already 2.5 lakh saplings had been planted this year. Most of the trees were local varieties only. “With global warming and destruction of the environment, we lost several endangered species. We cannot imagine a world without animals and birds,” he said.

Exnora International founder B. Nirmal said that his organisation was planning a new concept, ‘Service Clubs Synergy Coalition (SCSC),’ to improve condition of villages, make them self-sufficient and arrest migration to cities from villages.

“The government will act as the heart, service organisations such as Rotary, Lions and Jaycees, and Indian Red Cross, 5th Pillar, Round Table and Sangamam as ears, nose and mouth, universities and educational institutions as the brain and voluntary organisations as legs and community as the hands for implementation.”

To achieve it, eight stigmas — unemployment, illiteracy, lack of quality healthcare, inadequate physical, natural and social environment, absence of scope for individual development, survival problems due to poverty, violation of human rights and monotony in the absence of quality entertainment — should be removed from villages.

These shortcomings could be addressed through generating opportunities in the realms of employment, education, energy, environment, individual development, human rights and entertainment. Pooling in knowledge of through a coalition of like-minded parties at one place would bring about a massive change in other places also. Such measures would benefit the villages as well as cities — migration would stop in villages and slums will vanish from cities.

Other non-governmental organisations may join in any one of these major activities. The SCSC will function from a college as its base in every city or district to serve villages around it. One club may adopt a village in each block to make it a role model.

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