The Athachi Group, headquartered in Palakkad, Kerala, recently submitted to Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam a comprehensive research report on Palakkad Gap done over the last 24 months by a team of researchers from Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
“The research findings have significant implications on the ecological and economic growth potential of both States,” a press release from the Group said.
Vishwanath N. Subramanian, the Group’s Managing Director, told The Hindu on Wednesday that under its Trust Nature initiative, Athachi had transformed a 20-acre arid land into a biodiverse agroforest farm. As a follow up, it engaged a team of scientists from Kerala and Tamil Nadu to study the Palakkad gap.
The team had come out with interesting findings and these were presented to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary. The gap, which was spread over 39-46 km was located largely in Tamil Nadu. It had rare rock formations that have not weathered. “They (the team) did geographical marking of the gap. We plotted it and 60 % lies in Tamil Nadu. We want to impress upon both the governments (Kerala and Tamil Nadu) to look at it as a shared wealth and apply for geo ecological heritage indication,” he said.
The delegation, led by the Group’s Managing Director, Vishwanath N Subramanian, the Group CEO Kalyana Krishnan, and CMO Ravi Krishnan, impressed upon the Chief Secretary its Fellowship Programme that would guide and train enterprising youth to take up sustainable farming as a start-up idea, and requested the government’s help to reach out to the institutions.
Published – February 12, 2025 08:58 pm IST