Overview

• The ₹1,675‑crore TN‑SHORE project, approved in September, will receive about ₹1,000 crore from the World Bank with the State funding the balance.
• World Bank money will be transferred directly to Village Mangrove Councils, which are led by community presidents with Forest Range Officers as member‑secretaries, using joint bank accounts.
• A community procurement plan allows allocations up to ₹8 lakh without quotations or tenders to support activities such as nurseries, planting and wetland restoration.
• Targets include restoring 1,000 hectares of mangroves—300 hectares of new plantations and 700 hectares of degraded areas—with bioshield creation planned along 126 km of coast and funding of roughly ₹100 crore for 550 hectares over five years.
• At the Tamil Nadu Mangrove Conclave, the State signed MoUs with UNEP and MSSRF and released a Mangrove Atlas, while officials reported mangrove cover rising from about 4,500 hectares in 2021 to 9,039 hectares in 2024.