Police stations in the district are all set to turn green with the district administration and forest department launching a sapling planting programme in police stations on Friday.
Collector K Nanthakumar launched the programme by planting a sapling at the Town police station in the presence of Superintendent of Police N M Mylvahanan under the mass sapling plantation programme in the district.
About 40 saplings would be planted in each of the 35 police stations, functioning in government buildings in the district, the SP said. All the 35 police stations would be covered within a week’s time, the SP added. Of the 48 police stations, including six All women police stations in the district, 35 were functioning in government buildings and the rest in rented buildings, the SP said. Collector said the district administration in coordination with forest department has planted five lakh saplings, including 1.5 lakh saplings by the rural development department during 2014 under the mass tree plantation programme.
During this year, the district administration proposed to plant 3.5 lakh “naattu karuvelam” trees on the banks of panchayat kanmai supply channels in all the 429 village panchayats in the district. This would fetch revenue to the local panchayats, the Collector said.
Deepak S. Bilgi, Wildlife Warden of the Gulf of Mannar National Park and District Forest Officer Pitchai were present.
