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Let banyan experiment spawn army of eco saviours

Updated On: 24 May, 2021 07:00 AM IST | The Editorial

This particular banyan tree at a building in Peddar Road in south Mumbai was uprooted and broken as Cyclone Tauktae hit the city, raising wind speeds to over 100 km per hour

Representational Image. Photo/Ashish Raje

When a concept moves from a fashionable phrase to part of the consciousness and becomes reality, you know it has hit the spot. Going green took on meaning when a group of residents took it upon themselves to transport a broken banyan tree from their building to a park, to give it a chance at a new life.

This particular banyan tree at a building in Peddar Road in south Mumbai was uprooted and broken as Cyclone Tauktae hit the city, raising wind speeds to over 100 km per hour. The locals got the tree cut, put onto a truck and transported to the Priyadarshini Park. The tree was transplanted in the Nepean Sea Road garden, and now, they are hoping it will grow into the stunning banyan that it once was. The jury is out on whether the tree will survive. The bigger point is the effort made by people to see that the tree gets another shot at life.

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