Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission, with the permission and guidance of the Forestry Department, has taken responsibility for the afforestation of large tracts of land, spreading for many miles, all around Sri Pothai Hill. It is the rampant deforestation of trees that has led to innumerable troubles and calamities, both at an individual and global environmental level. Without trees, our very lives would be unsustainable and Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission has taken up this task of bringing back a green tree cover to the dry and barren lands surrounding Sri Pothai Hill. Today many medicinal plants, shrubs and trees can be seen to spread across the landscape and environs.