Miyawaki forest turning up on land around Red Hills tank

Water Resources Department, in addition to the voluntary organisations, is establishing Miyawaki forest on that land that was just recently cleared of infringements around the Red Hills tank in Surapet.|Picture Credit: M. VEDHAN The Red Hills tank, a primary source of the city’s drinking water system, is gradually getting spots of green cover around it. In collective efforts, the Water Resources Department, in addition to voluntary organisations, is establishing Miyawaki metropolitan forests on land obtained from encroachers. The effort is being carried out at the rear side of the lake and near the consumption tower at Surapet, where almost 55 native types of saplings have actually been planted. Authorities remembered that advancements were eliminated 2 months earlier on 5 acres of land at Surapet. The green cover would secure the ecology of the tank and enhance biodiversity. Voluntary organisations and volunteers are motivated to establish and preserve plant in a minimum of 4 put on the periphery of the lake. The department has about 600 infringements to be cleared and prepares to develop a green belt on the land and establish it as an eco-tourism website. S. Sameer of the Social Work Team Trust (SWOTT), taken part in tank remediation, stated about 5,800 saplings, a mix of shr
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