Tiruchi Corporation to set up nurseries in four zones for greening drive
The Tiruchi Corporation is launching a greening initiative to plant three lakh tree saplings across the city. Nurseries are being established in all five zones to support urban forestry and environmental health.
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Highlights local government efforts toward urban sustainability and climate adaptation.
In an attempt to raise the green cover, the Tiruchi Corporation has taken up a drive to plant about three lakh tree saplings across the city.
Corporation Commissioner N. Ponmani, who inspected the nursery at Ambedkar Nagar in Zone 1 of the city on Saturday, said one lakh tree saplings were being raised under shade nets there. Similar nurseries would be established in the other four zones of the city and various tree saplings, including various native and flower-bearing trees would be raised, she said.
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