As trees disappear across the City to make way for the Metro and new roads, twin giants have been given a new lease of life by a tree-lover.
Bangalore cardiologist Dr Ramana Rao paid roughly Rs one lakh from his pocket to relocate two enormous peepal trees - one aged 225 years and the other 240 years - after he found them uprooted at the side of the Tumkur highway to make way for roadworks.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/doctor-injects-life-2-trees
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-environment
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangalore-t
