On Hyderabad's streets, trees are clipped, hacked, and ignored daily. As a result, animals and city inhabitants are missing out on shade and relief from the intense summer heat, which is reaching a high temperature of about 45 degrees Celsius.
 
Although the number of trees in the city is sufficient, there appears to be a need for more given the rising perceived warmth, elevated AQI, and obvious concretization. The VATA Foundation's co-founder, uday Krishna, draws attention to the regrettable situation in which most city people have a casual attitude towards trees. The VATA Foundation works intensively to save trees.

"It is undoubtedly feasible to preserve trees and still allow for development. But to conserve trees, people must have a deeper knowledge of the situation, he adds, underlining responsibility for every tree that is cut down.
 Permissions for tree felling are supervised by a Tree Protection Committee (TPC) in districts of Medchal-Malkajgiri, Hyderabad, Rangareddy, and other places in the ORR. Representatives from NGOs, GHMC, HMDA, R&B, and the telangana Forest Department (TFD) make up the eight-member committee.

State director of WWF india and TPC member Farida Tampal explain the permit process: the committee goes over applications to see whether any trees may be spared or moved. We pay a visit, do an assessment, and see if any trees can be spared. Maybe some can be moved, or the plans can be slightly altered. We evaluate and assign several trees that must be planted as compensation for trees that must be chopped down," the spokesperson stated.  If there are less than ten trees, an online application can be submitted using TS-iPASS, with the requirement that the number of trees planted equal the number of trees removed. The Water, Land, and Trees Act (WALTA), 2002, governs all permissions.
 

 
 

 
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11/05/2024 07:44 AM