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Poor maintenance had resulted in siltation that reduced the tank’s water storage capacity, and during heavy rains the lake breached, resulting in flooding. The local villagers got together to increase the heights of the tank bunds; they also dug farm ponds and dredged silt from the tanks. H.
Malleshappa, Tamil Nadu’s Director for Environment, outlined the State’s climate action plans and emphasised the need for adaptation to tackle the current crisis. The workshop was organised by the Centre for Media Studies, in collaboration with the German development agency GIZ and the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. “While we need mitigation to arrest the rise of greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere, adaptation is more important,” he said..