Chennai, a metropolitan city which has an intangible connection that makes her unforgettable no matter what quality it has. Many cities with beaches, night out parties and many other entertainment places or Go-to places are not much popular like Chennai. Being unique and a resource spot of India, Chennai has provided numerous employment opportunities to all the emigrants. The Detroit city of India has countless entertainment and go-to places during the weekends. Despite having too many places to spend for the weekend everyone wants a shady place or park filled with trees to venture the greenery surrounding.
A tree park is said to be established in Kolapakkam near Vandalur which is expected to become a Go-to spot in the city starved of green spaces. The tree park is said to be the newest attraction of the city as it will have various trees from various parts of the state. Spread over 20 acres, the Forest Genetic Resources Tree Park will have plants found in the Western and Eastern Ghats where their presence keeps the temperature under control. While five saplings of 300 species from the two regions have already been planted, 150 trees of naaval (jamun or guava), iluppai and Nuna species have been transplanted. Paneer, eeti, punnai, shenbagam, yetti, venthekku, rudhraksham, sandalwood, red sanders, vedippala, kadukkai, gooseberry, jackfruit, vengu, karungali, sengadambu, ettilingam, poovarasu, perumoongil, magizham and manjakadambu are among the species of trees that will soon flower all over the park.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (research and education) H Basavaraju told TOI that work on creating the park began last year and that seeds had been procured from Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Bengaluru too.
The park, strategically located between the Vandalur reserve forest and the Nedunkundram lake, is expected to become another green lung in a city starved of green spaces. It will have a canal, complete with a U-shaped island, to ensure that the flow of rainwater from the hills is not obstructed. While water from a hillock on the southern side will enter the canal and flow into the Nerkundram lake, which could become an important water source, four check-dams to be constructed along the entire length of the canal will help retain water even during the peak summer days. It will be fully secured with a perimeter wall around it, he said.
The park will benefit researchers looking to study different species, as well as help, create awareness among members of the public. It has two sheds for visitors, an interpretation center for the public and a fountain in the middle. Coming up at an estimated Rs 1.85 crore, the park has been allotted Rs 7.5 lakh per year for maintenance for a two-year period, Basavaraju said.
As the stipulation has become high, cutting down of trees for wood and also for the ground area has also equally increased in the last few years. Deforestation, a concept known by many but only a few knows about the consequences that will be faced by the future generation due to the loss of trees. Deforestation being prevalent among the urban cities as it has the growing demand for housing and other establishments of companies in the respective areas. This initiative has been made to conserve the resources of our land and as well as to maintain a green space which is lacking in all the other states.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (research and education) H Basavaraju told TOI that work on creating the park began last year and that seeds had been procured from Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Bengaluru too.
The park, strategically located between the Vandalur reserve forest and the Nedunkundram lake, is expected to become another green lung in a city starved of green spaces. It will have a canal, complete with a U-shaped island, to ensure that the flow of rainwater from the hills is not obstructed. While water from a hillock on the southern side will enter the canal and flow into the Nerkundram lake, which could become an important water source, four check-dams to be constructed along the entire length of the canal will help retain water even during the peak summer days. It will be fully secured with a perimeter wall around it, he said.
The park will benefit researchers looking to study different species, as well as help, create awareness among members of the public. It has two sheds for visitors, an interpretation center for the public and a fountain in the middle. Coming up at an estimated Rs 1.85 crore, the park has been allotted Rs 7.5 lakh per year for maintenance for a two-year period, Basavaraju said.
As the stipulation has become high, cutting down of trees for wood and also for the ground area has also equally increased in the last few years. Deforestation, a concept known by many but only a few knows about the consequences that will be faced by the future generation due to the loss of trees. Deforestation being prevalent among the urban cities as it has the growing demand for housing and other establishments of companies in the respective areas. This initiative has been made to conserve the resources of our land and as well as to maintain a green space which is lacking in all the other states.
