TN’s mangrove cover doubled in 3 years: Official
Published on: Sept. 24, 2025, 5:30 a.m. | Source: The Hitavada
the tamil nadu forest department’s ambitious goal of expanding the mangrove cover in the state yielded encouraging results, with the area doubling in three years, from 4,500 hectares in 2021 to 9,039 hectares in 2024, a forest official said on tuesday. chennai’s adyar estuary, which is part of the success story, now sports a lush green look, he told pti. the new mangrove green belt in the heart of the city at adyar was created under the tamil nadu mangrove mission, an initiative of the state’s green tamil n
