Three trees at rail depot get fresh lease of life

Hacking off well grown trees left, right and centre in the name of road-widening is routine. But here is a unique case of a government institution making a special effort to protect three big trees an

Hacking off well grown trees left, right and centre in the name of road-widening is routine. But here is a unique case of a government institution making a special effort to protect three big trees and translocating them to an alternate location, rather than choosing the easy ‘chop off’ option.

Even more heartwarming is the fact that employees of South Central Railway’s (SCR)-Kacheguda maintenance coaching depot pooled money to fund the translocation exercise with the help of an external expert.

“We have spent a considerable part of our careers under the shade of these trees and could not think of cutting them down. But, we needed the space for constructing an extra goods line in view of the rising demand for transport of perishables,” explained Coaching Depot Officer G. Srinivasa Rao on Tuesday.