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Swathi Vadlamudi

Sainikpuri residents plan ‘chipko’ movement to save trees

Unauthorised tampering with green spaces has earned the ire of the concerned residents in the Sainikpuri area, who have resolved to fight against the actions of the residents’ cooperative society.

A few residents have given a call for ‘chipko’ action on January 7, where they plan to hug the trees and mourn what they term as ‘brutal pruning and/or uprooting’ that had taken place in Sainikpuri park area.

“We also propose to ask for volunteers to conduct a tree census and photograph, and number and geotag trees in the wider Sainikpuri area,” informed Manognya Reddy, a resident.

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