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A greening project takes root in rural Coimbatore [1]

2,700 saplings planted across ten acres of barren land in Mayilampatti

Around 15 kilometres from the city is Mayilampatti, a dry village with huge tracts of barren land, is now laying the foundation for a movement to increase the green cover in all the 235 village panchayats of Coimbatore district.

Publication Date: 
11/11/2013
R. Sairam [2]
Hindu (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Tamil Nadu [4], Coimbatore (D) [5], Afforestation [6], Trees [7], Groundwater [8], NGO [9], Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) [10], Forests [11]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coimbatore-d
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-nregs
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests