TRICHY: Encouraged by the importance given to palmyra trees in the state agriculture budget, a massive palmyra sapling planting drive was launched by district collector S Sivarasu in Manikandam near Trichy on Monday. The district administration and public works department have offered their support to plant palmyra saplings along the bunds of several tanks in the district.
Organised by Shine Treechy, an NGO, around 1,000 palmyra saplings were planted along the bunds of Manikandam big tank. In the next phase, the NGO has identified other public tanks in the rural administrative blocks to plant the trees. “We have mobilised sufficient palmyra seeds to continue the plantation drive in a phased manner,” D Manoj, organiser of the plantation drive, said.
Stating that palmyra trees were felled for constructing roads, the organisation sought the authorities to give priority to palmyra saplings in the plantation drive.
