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Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala Shri. V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurated the State Forest Development Agency, on 03-06-2010. Shri Binoy Viswam, Hon’ble Minister for Forests and Housing presided over the function organized in Tagore Theatre. Shri Jayan Babu, Mayor, Thiruvananthapuram Corporation,Shri. V. Sivankutty, M.L.A and Shri. Anavur Nagappan, President, Thiruvananthapurm District Panchayat were present for the function. State Forest Development Agency is a Society registered under the Travancore Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955. This is an apex body of Forest Development Agencies operating at the Forest Division level. These Forest Development Agencies co-ordinate activities of grass root level Participatory Forest Management (PFM) institutions ie Vana Samrakshana Samithies (VSS) and Ecodevelopment Committees(EDC) at Forest Division level.
Vazhachal FDA presented their Kadar Cammunity Cultural programme at the venue.
