Plea to include palm foods in nutritious meal scheme

A plea to include palm foods in the nutritious meal scheme was made at a panai thiruvizha organised by Green Needa, an organisation engaged in promotion of greenery, at Thulasendrapuram near Mannargud

A plea to include palm foods in the nutritious meal scheme was made at a panai thiruvizha organised by Green Needa, an organisation engaged in promotion of greenery, at Thulasendrapuram near Mannargudi on Sunday.

According to its chief coordinator M. Rajavelu around 1000 palm seeds were sown along the bunds of Thulasendrapuram lake as part of a drive to plant 50,000 palm seeds by the organisation.