Police turn sand dune into a plantain farm
The Hindu
Waste land near Kollam Coastal police station transformed
Police officers of Kollam coastal police station have accomplished a ‘fruitful mission’ by converting a barren stretch of sand dune into an orchard.
Dumping of dredged sediment from Ashtamudi estuary has formed extended areas of fallow land in the coast and the expanse is considered unfit for agriculture due to the salinity of the soil. The piece of land near the station had become a dump yard for all types of waste over the years and the efforts to transform it was started nearly eight months back.
“We started plantain farming in the land that hardly had any vegetation. We opted for indigenous varieties like monthan and the farm produced a bumper yield,” said M.C.Prasanthan, Sub–Inspector.