On Nature Conservation Day, schoolchildren in Telangana tie rakhee to beloved tree
The Hindu
World Nature Conservation Day celebrated by Government Girls High School students through worship and protection of a special tree.
July 28, the World Nature Conservation Day, is not all about slogans, posters and plantation drives for the students of Government Girls High School in Nagarkurnool. This day comes alive for them in the form of a ‘Seema Chintha’ (Manila tamarind) tree they worship and thank every year without fail.
They, together with the school management, celebrate the ‘birthday’ of the tree, to mark the day it was given a new lease of life, thanks to the efforts of an environmentally conscious teacher.
The tree was uprooted during a furious thunderstorm on May 10, 2017, a calamity in which people died and houses collapsed. The tree clung on to life till the school was reopened the next month.
“I was coming to take special classes for high school students when the tree collapsed. I felt bad, as the children loved its fruit, but there was little I could do,” said the teacher, Gudibanda Yashoda Reddy, who is retired now after teaching social studies in the Zilla Parishath school for years.
She was amazed to find the tree alive and growing new shoots when schools were reopened on June 13 that year. The headmistress, however, found the fallen tree a hindrance for organising prayer meetings.
“I could convince the headmistress to give me a week’s time to revive the tree. I felt as if the tree was seeking my help,” recalled Ms. Yashoda Reddy.
She approached Vata Foundation, a Hyderabad-based NGO engaged in tree translocation services, and requested them to help the fallen tree.
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