Even as the city’s green cover is shrinking, the felling of trees on private and public property continues. A dedicated tree authority, under a specific law, is a pressing need.
Afforestation drives are indeed most helpful and essential for ensuring an increase in the city’s green cover. But are we doing it the right way? A translation of our earlier article that told us what we must keep in mind as we take a pledge to plant more trees.
A number of educational institutions in the city have been felling trees on campus to meet their infrastructural needs. Can transplantation, as tried by Anna University, provide a solution?
