Palm trees will stand guard for the citys about 25-km coastline
Posted on: 20/Sep/2016 12:12:10 PM
In order to sea erosion near the sea shore, the Chennai Corporation has decided to plant grow up palm trees. The fishermen residences near the sea shore in Foreshore Estate, Srinivasapuram and Ennore are severely eroded by sea. In order to prevent this erosion, the public works department builds walls and fills the shore with stones.
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench opposed this. The Corporation Council passed a resolution for the initiative that the civic body plans to take in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. Three to five feet tall palm trees will stand guard for the city’s about 25-km coastline to reduce the impact of natural calamities and soil erosion, if the Greater Chennai Corporation’s plans fructify. the palm trees that have already grown to a height of 3-5 feet would be transplanted to the coastline with a distance of around 3 metres between them. Transplantation is possible for several species of palm trees because of their small, grass-like roots clustered unlike the woody nature of roots of broad-leaved trees.
