Removal of seemai karuvelam trees given a thrust in Perambalur district
The Perambalur district administration has launched a campaign to remove the invasive seemai karuvelam trees from waterbodies and government lands. This initiative follows a Madras High Court directive aimed at protecting local groundwater and the environment.
Why it matters
The removal of invasive species is critical for restoring local ecosystems and improving water security in the region.
Removal of seemai karuvelam trees ( prosopis juliflora ) — an exotic and invasive species — from waterbodies and government poromboke lands in Perambalur district has been given a thrust, following direction from the Madras High Court, to protect the environment and groundwater.
Having done the enumeration for this exercise, the Perambalur district administration has accorded priority for the removal of seemai karuvelam by focussing on their removal from waterbodies at first. The Water Resources department and the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department in the district have commenced the exercise by steadily removing the invasive species from their respective lands.
Official sources said the Water Resources department had removed seemai karuvelam trees from 79 acres of its lands so far while the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department had removed the species from 32.50 acres of its lands till now.
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