The Tamil Nadu Forest Department in collaboration with the Forest College and Research Institute (FCRI), Mettupalayam, has launched works for setting up a model grass restoration plot in Sirumugai forest range in Coimbatore district.
The FCRI team has identified one hectare land in Pethikuttai reserve forest a dry-deciduous forest area of Sirumugai range for this purpose.
It will be converted into the model grass restoration plot.
It will serve as the model plot for the Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Conservation and Greening Project for Climate Change Response (TBGPCCR) for its Meipulam project.