ALAPPUZHA: A State-level project to protect sacred groves will be launched here on February 2, District Collector P. Venugopal has said.
The project, which aims at protecting and conserving ecologically and culturally significant sacred groves across the State and at the district-level as well, will be launched at the Municipal Town Hall here by Forest Minister Benoy Viswom in the presence of Coir and Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran and Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac, the Collector said at a meeting here.
According to Mr. Venugopal, 12 groves selected from across the State would get financial assistance in the first phase of the project, which will be implemented under the aegis of the State Forests and Wildlife Department. Five of these would get Rs.1 lakh each, out of which Rs.20,000 would be given as the first instalment on February 2.
The remaining seven groves would be given Rs.10,000 each, out of which Rs.7,000 each would be given on the day the project is launched.
At the district-level, 108 groves out of the identified total of 16,800 would get financial assistance in the first phase. These would be protected with help from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Divisional Forest Officer Raju Francis; Revenue Divisional Officer A. Gopakumar and others were present at the meeting.
Source: The Hindu, 19-1-2011
The project, which aims at protecting and conserving ecologically and culturally significant sacred groves across the State and at the district-level as well, will be launched at the Municipal Town Hall here by Forest Minister Benoy Viswom in the presence of Coir and Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran and Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac, the Collector said at a meeting here.
According to Mr. Venugopal, 12 groves selected from across the State would get financial assistance in the first phase of the project, which will be implemented under the aegis of the State Forests and Wildlife Department. Five of these would get Rs.1 lakh each, out of which Rs.20,000 would be given as the first instalment on February 2.
The remaining seven groves would be given Rs.10,000 each, out of which Rs.7,000 each would be given on the day the project is launched.
At the district-level, 108 groves out of the identified total of 16,800 would get financial assistance in the first phase. These would be protected with help from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Divisional Forest Officer Raju Francis; Revenue Divisional Officer A. Gopakumar and others were present at the meeting.
Source: The Hindu, 19-1-2011
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