It is a Herculean task to save any tree in Telangana, even if the powers that be wish to do so. This is what volunteers of the Vata Foundation (VF) realised after saving a giant banyan tree, estimated to be 100 years old, in Suddala village near Sircilla on Monday.
With new offshoots growing on top of the uprooted tree and efforts by the local people to save it attracted the attention of Rajya Sabha MP Santosh Kumar. His office requested VF to take up the task assuring necessary assistance of local authorities.
Eight VF members from the city were able to not only save the main tree, about 45-foot tall, but also the two off-shoots of about 15-20 feet by successfully translocating them. The smaller trees were translocated to the nearby Jillella village last week.
