6. Forests, Wildlife and Environment - Tamil Nadu Government

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Table 6.2. 3The financial outlay for the Department of Environment in Tenth FiveYear Plan was 140.78 crore and the achievement was Rs. 4.03 crore till theend of the Plan period.6.2.6. Performance of Tenth Five Year Plan - The major ongoingstate projectsEco Clubs in schools for Environmental AwarenessDuring the year 1998, with the initiative of the State Government, ecoclubswere started in 170 schools in Erode, Namakkal and Trichy Districts. Atpresent, 1,200 eco clubs are functioning in 30 districts at the rate of 40 schoolsper district. Rs.1000/- per year is released to each school for carrying outawareness activities about the environment. Coverage of schools has beensubsequently expanded through the National Green Corps programme whichis a similar programme which is centrally funded. About 3.50 lakh studentshave been involved in the awareness movement through the centrally fundedNGC as well as the Eco-clubs.Conservation of Coastal Eco- SystemThe Tamil Nadu coast is straight and narrow without much indentationsexcept at Vedaranyam. Conservation and regeneration of existing mangrovesalong the coast is being undertaken by the Forest Department and tourismactivities by the Department of Tourism. Along with Forest and Tourism277
Department, Fisheries, Ports andIndustries have also important role in thecoastal development. A pilot integratedCoastal Zone Management Plan involvingvarious departments, agencies and all thestakeholders is being prepared for thePulicat to Palar stretch of Tamil Nadu coastby the Institute of Ocean Management,Anna University, Chennai with a totalsanctioned amount of Rs. 0.1 crore.As part of its activities inCoastal Effluent Monitoring:implementing the Coastal Regulation ZoneOn Shore Effluent DischargesNotification, wherein 500 mts. from HTLhas been defined as Coastal Regulation Zone, the Government of India, haveemphasized that violation of the rules along the coast should be checked bythe State Government through increased surveillance. A green squad for coastalconservation for checking Coastal Regulation Zone violations has been formed.A sum of Rs.2 lakh has been sanctioned as recurring expenditure towards thefunctioning of the coastal green squad.6.2.7. Eleventh Five Year PlanObjectivesThe objectives of the Eleventh Five Year Plan areto evolve environmental policy frame work for sustainablemanagement of the resources of the Stateto integrate conservation and development and to bring out soundresource management for economic development of the State.to restore and rehabilitate the ecologically fragile and sensitive ecosystemsby ameliorative managementto deal with all aspects of environment other than those dealt withby Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board from time to time.278
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