Three national highway stretches passing through Pudukottai district are poised to become greener under the Green Tamil Nadu Mission in a bid to reduce the impact of air pollution. The Forest Department in Pudukottai has raised seedlings of native/indigenous tree species at its nurseries for planting them along the identified highway stretches passing through the district.
The national highway stretches from Tirumayam in Pudukottai district to Manamadurai in Sivaganga district, Pudukottai to Thanjavur and from Madurai to Tiruchi have been identified for planting of seedlings in the coming months. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has provided funds for raising seedlings of tree species for planting them on both sides of the highway stretches.
The Forest Department has raised 16,500 seedlings of tree species such as neem, naaval, illupai, vengai, tamarind, aya, pungan, neermaruthu and thunkumunchi vagai for this purpose. The seedlings have been raised at the nurseries in Machuvadi in Pudukottai forest range, Kulathur in Keeranur forest range, and at Thirumayam.
