GUWAHATI: Gone are those days when people use to cut down trees to make way for civilisation. Recently, Chennai has launched a unique tree ambulance on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity.
The tree ambulance initiative is the brainchild of Green man of India, Dr K Abdul Ghani and the project is being sponsored by the SASA Group.
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The ‘ambulance’ will ply on the roads, taking tree experts to various parts of the city to revive and hopefully even replant hundreds of uprooted trees.
It is to be mentioned that the ambulance will help in planting trees that have been uprooted and offer other services such as a seed bank, distribution of plants and helping citizens in tree plantation drives. It also shifts trees from one location to another and conducts surveys of trees. The ambulance offers the service of removing dead trees, according to The New Indian Express.
The ambulance has helpers and a plant expert, who carry gardening tools, water, manure, and pesticide with them.
Speaking to UNI India, Krishna Jadhav, Founder of SASA Group, said, “With rising pollution levels and diminishing green space, it is vital for fully grown trees to be nurtured and protected. We have complete equipment including mechanical tools, fungicides, and fertilisers. In phase two, we will automate the process of tree lifting and placing; now it is semi-automatic. This should happen in December.”
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