{"id":87153,"date":"2020-02-12T17:53:29","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T12:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13692"},"modified":"2020-02-12T17:53:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T12:23:29","slug":"tamil-nadu-cm-declares-cauvery-delta-as-protected-special-agriculture-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tamil-nadu-cm-declares-cauvery-delta-as-protected-special-agriculture-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu CM declares Cauvery Delta as Protected Special Agriculture Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Tamil Nadu government has announced to make the Cauvery Delta region a Protected Special Agriculture Zone (PSAZ)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cauvery Delta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Location: It lies in the eastern part of Tamil Nadu. It is bounded by the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Palk straight on the south<\/li><li>It has a total geographic land area of 14.47 lakh ha.<\/li><li>Rice is the principal crop in the area.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/HktGKAkipCNYoyRHMuWM2-QJNnKijP9pVa-s8glffgDzPs7RIQGeD6aPjQhhsqY_WgkHKEc5KN26tu4AT96CCmY_Xnd1MpsfoN79GMMmPx8qjNcuB89oB5gpm02N4pH7KhHYTAzG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Protected Special Agriculture Zone:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It will include Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam districts and delta regions of Trichy, Ariyalur, Cuddalore and Pudukkottai<\/li><li>It cannot be used for any non-agricultural activities.<\/li><li>It recognises farmer concerns about hydrocarbon exploration and accords primacy to food security.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong> In 2019, Centre had awarded oil and gas exploration contracts in the Cauvery basin. Tamil Nadu has witnessed protests over the projects amid the ongoing water crisis in the state<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Cauvery River originates in Karnataka&#8217;s Kodagu district, flows into Tamil Nadu, and reaches the Bay of Bengal at Poompuhar.<\/li><li>Parts of three Indian states &#8211; Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka &#8211; and the Union Territory of Pondicherry lie in the Cauvery basin.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Tamil Nadu government has announced to make the Cauvery Delta region a Protected Special Agriculture Zone (PSAZ) Facts: Cauvery Delta Location: It lies in the eastern part of Tamil Nadu. It is bounded by the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Palk straight on the south It has a total geographic land&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tamil-nadu-cm-declares-cauvery-delta-as-protected-special-agriculture-zone\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tamil Nadu CM declares Cauvery Delta as Protected Special Agriculture Zone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4900],"class_list":["post-87153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-protected-special-agriculture-zone","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704852038},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}