CUDDALORE: The National Forest Policy has stipulated that 33 per cent of the total land mass should be forests, but Tamil Nadu has forest area of only 17 per cent, according to K.T. Pachamal, Forest Minister.
All efforts would be made to extend forest cover to the mandated level within five years, he said at an official function held at St.
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