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169Bajkul forest ranges have been selected to fill up the vacant areas with suitablemiscellaneous species so that these old plantations assume multiculture and multi tiercharacter.173. The plantation models that will be adopted will include the following: Nursery raised sapling or potted seedlings Earthen mound technique Direct dibbling Plantation in trenches174. For creation of bio-shields, miscellaneous plantations and mangrove plantations willbe taken up along the coastal zone. Apart from this, Farm Forestry and strip plantations overa limited zone will also be taken over.Shelter belt175. Miscellaneous Plantation will be raised along the beach to act as a shelterbelt. Themajor plant species which will be planted will mainly consist of coastal jhaw, Thespesia,Melaleuca, Azadirachta indica, Pongamia pinata, Acacia, Eucalyptus, , Prosopis spp,Acanthus illicifolius, Ipomoea biloba Pandanus spp. Lagerstroemis spp. etc.Mangrove176. A part of the coastal area is to be brought under mangrove plantation. The vegetationwill comprise trees and bushes, which have the requisite features to grow in condition wheretheir root system are regularly inundated by saline water and diluted by fresh water surfacerun off, occasionally. The species to be used in the plantation will mainly be Avicennia,Brugiera, Sonneratia,, Excoecaria, Zylocarpus, Eylocarpus. The mangrove plantation isproposed to be brought up in blank muddy flats on the foreshores areas of rivers and creeksto arrest silt and prevent of erosion.Palisade177. These works will be taken up along the fragile coast line where height of the bank islow. It will help to arrest the flying sand by accumulating them at the base of the structureand there by preparing the area for coastal Jhaw plantation.Strip plantation178. Strip plantations will be raised on road sides, canal banks, embankments, 7ownshipareas, and river banks and rail way landsFarm forestry179. Planting will be in lines around the agricultural field.Block or mixed plantation