Ramanathapuram is one of the drought prone districts of southern Tamil Nadu in India. The total geographical area of the district is 4,08,957 hectares. Agriculture is the major livelihood of the people in this district and the total cultivation area is 1,90,268 hectares. There are no assured water sources like perennial rivers and canals as because of deforestation. The ground water is highly saline. The surface water bodies like irrigation tanks and ponds are the only source for the daily needs
Due to deforestation and cutting the tress the district is completely affected by the following problems; soil (and the nutrients in them) are exposed to sun's heat, soil moisture dried up, nutrients evaporate and bacteria that help to break down organic matter are affected. When forests are destroyed, the atmosphere, water bodies and the water table are all affected.
To overcome this problem, there is a simple solution that can be done easily by human beings is the plantation of trees. That will help to protect our environment and the future generation of Ramanathapuram district.
Hence, our Anbalaya trust is aimed to protect the drought prone Ramanathapuram district environment from climatic changes and global warming and to save the future generation by tree plantation and by conducting awareness programs all over the district. This will surely end up the effects of climatic changes and will helps the drought prone Ramanathapuram district to be a greenish district.
This project has provided additional documentation in a DOCX file (projdoc.docx).
