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- The National Highways Authority of India and the Forest Department planted 75,000 mangrove saplings in the Pichavaram region.
- This initiative compensates for mangroves affected by the East Coast Road and NH-332A widening projects.
- Officials reduced the actual environmental damage at the project site through construction design modifications.
- The planting effort created over 18,000 man-days of employment for local tribal workers.
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“However, since we had proposed a comprehensive plan of ₹1.97 Crore covering 11.32 h.a. with 75,000 saplings in the Pichavaram mangrove region, we requested the Forest Department to go ahead with the planting, though the damage was minimised”
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…reduced the actual physical impact to just over a hundred trees and 0.15 hectares. Field personnel physically surveyed and counted the existing standing mangrove plants (Avicennia marina and Rhizophora species). “ However, since we had proposed a comprehensive plan of ₹1.97 Crore covering 11.32 h.a. with 75,000 saplings in the Pichavaram mangrove region, we requested the Forest Department to go ahead with the planting, though the damage was minimised ,” an official said. As suitable lands were not available within Chengalpattu and Villupuram districts, the Forest Department identified three patches in the Pichavaram mangrove region of Cuddalore District —…
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Named India · Cuddalore District · Marakkanam Estuary · Pichavaram · Anna University Institute of Remote Sensing · Forest Department · National Highways Authority of India
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