The Hindu 28.11.2014
Corporation plans to create green belts in city
Civic body starts identifying vacant land
The Corporation is planning to create a green belt on the premises housing large buildings in the city.
Mayor P. Rajkumar said that they have started identifying vast areas of vacant land on the premises of public sector establishments and holding talks with the officials to plant saplings.He said this after inaugurating the tree plantation drive at the sewage water treatment plant of the Corporation’s underground drainage project at Ondipudur on Thursday.
The Mayor said that they would be planting another 450 saplings in a phased manner. “Most of the trees will be aromatic to control the bad odour from emanating from the treatment plant,” he said.
Mr. Rajkumar said that the green belt would be made mandatory right from the planning stage to get the Town and Country Planning Department approval and implementation would also be strictly followed. “Efforts would be taken to urge the existing establishments to establish a green belt,” he added.
Corporation officials said that they are also planning to improve the green cover in education institutions too. Corporation Commissioner K. Vijayakarthikeyan and other Corporation officials were also present.
