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Natures B Team. Lending our services to the voiceless which give us unconditionally.. #savefullygrowntrees #thebigtreequest
Hyderabad, India
Joined May 2016
Presenting India’s oldest tree.. a 2034+ yrs old Pencil Cedar tucked away deep inside Lahaul-Spiti Valley on top of a mountain at an altitude of over 3500 meters.. Visited in October 2025. #TheBigTreeQuest
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The Big Tree Quest.. 130+ incredible tree’s documented.. over 30,000 kms covered.. 40-50 trees remain across West/Northwest and East/Northeast India.. another 15000-20000 kms. Once completed The Big Tree Quest will have documented over 175 of India’s ancient trees with
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@vata_foundation @chevellabanyans @revanth_anumula Expanding that road without straightening it is actually very wrong. Straightening the road itself would save 99% of the trees. It will also serve the purpose of being a highway. If trees are left in-situ and road is built around, they definitely will be harmed.
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Must read tweet
@chevellabanyans @revanth_anumula This is the icing on the cake and totally vindicates our prediction of @chevellabanyans intensions from the beginning.. it’s an irony they call themselves Nature lovers and saviours of Banyans.. when they turn a blind eye to banyans being cut a few kms away.. First they mislead
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#ChevellaBanyans plight
The reality of the plight of #ChevellaBanyans has started to get visible. @NHAI_Official If these trees are to be translocated to the side of the widened highway.. why are they being trimmed so much? Or Is this minimal pruning? @chevellabanyans … this is what you have won…
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@chevellabanyans @revanth_anumula This is the icing on the cake and totally vindicates our prediction of @chevellabanyans intensions from the beginning.. it’s an irony they call themselves Nature lovers and saviours of Banyans.. when they turn a blind eye to banyans being cut a few kms away.. First they mislead
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Ignored for years despite birder warnings, Telangana's state bird, the #Indianroller ’s future looks bleak, especially after it has been recently shifted from “Least Concern” to “Near Threatened,” in the IUCNlist, highlighting its fast-declining numbers. https://t.co/EuorJfjLX8
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The reality of the plight of #ChevellaBanyans has started to get visible. @NHAI_Official If these trees are to be translocated to the side of the widened highway.. why are they being trimmed so much? Or Is this minimal pruning? @chevellabanyans … this is what you have won…
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At 2032+ years this is India’s oldest Juniper!! Story writing is an art 😅😅… thank you @hyderabadtimes for bringing out the flavour that I wouldnt have been able to for this story!!! #TheBigTreeQuest
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Right message but wrong medium. @DirPBD_iocl @ChairmanIOCL @iocl_pbd IOCL should have gone the extra mile and used cloth banners instead of flex which is also plastic.. your message contradicts your intension. Can you stop further displays using flex pls and use cloth baners.
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With winter comes fog.. with fog comes low visibility.. It’s the worst time of the year on the worst highway #NH163 Pls avoid early mornings and low light situations as far as possible. #chevellabanyans #chevella #busaccident
https://t.co/BAVL0rnphN
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Hyderabad: Two weeks after the ghastly TGSRTC bus-tipper collision on National Highway (NH) 163 near Chevella that claimed 19 lives, another RTC crash.
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Meet the Champion Tree.. needed a 19.6km trek through dense forest.. 2 river crossings.. a jungle with Tigers/leopards/Bears/Elephants.. often having to walk through thick bush not know what one would walk into.. but again.. you don’t get to meet the Champion tree after a walk in
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Have you ever seen a life that turned heartbreak into an entire forest? Born in Gubbi Taluk, denied schooling, married at twelve and unable to conceive, Saalumarada Thimmakka chose a different kind of motherhood. With her husband, she planted ten ficus saplings in the first
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If “Armchair Activism” had a name.. it would be this… none of the petitioners use that highway for work or study.. yet they decided to drag the case even though they declared victory in 2023… severely impacting the lives of thousands of people on a daily basis.. This
After 6 years of on ground activism, online advocacy, public policy intervention and legal battles, NHAI finally commits to save an overwhelming majority of the Banyans (765) in situ, and to shifting about 130 trees to only a few meters away at the National Green Tribunal.
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1. If anyone can show us the 915 #ChevellaBanyans along the disputed NH163.. they will be rewarded with a 6 figure currency prize. 2. A total of 656 trees being translocated and 715 Banyans retained. ie; 46% being translocated and 54% being retained. 3. Retained Banyans to be
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Wow.. this is a new one.. cutting down a tree to “prevent unauthorised entry into the Park” seriously??? The list of reasons why #Telangana #Hyderabad cuts down a tree keeps growing!! @UrbanGhmc @CommissionrGHMC @GHMCOnline @HMDA_Gov @HarithaHaram @HarithaHaram
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#Hyderabad City beautification underway.. “irregular” tree removed and a beautiful signage put up!! A fantastic job by one of our futuristic department.. @GHMCOnline @HMDA_Gov @UrbanGhmc … anyways it doesn’t matter even if the tree was fell illegally or if it was a variety
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Ive observed most of the drivers from cars/bikes/tractors/autos/trucks/buses are on mobile calls.. has this angle been checked? Was the tipper/bud driver on a call before the accident? #chevella #chevellabusaccident #RTC #BusAccident #vikarabad #NH163 #ChevellaBanyans
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This is the 3rd or 4th time these conocarpus trees have been “trimmed” when will they be replaced with Native Species @CommissionrGHMC @UrbanGhmc @TelanganaForest @GHMCOnline ??
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