What is the extended life of a translocated tree? Five years at the maximum, says the Manikonda Municipality, which has axed a number of translocated trees without any approval from the appropriate authorities.
Some 40 fully grown trees were cut down for creation of a cricket ground in the open space in the backyard of the Lanco Hills township, between March, 2022 and April, 2023.
All these trees, mostly Peltophorum and an occasional Tella Maddi (Terminalia arjuna), were given a second chance for survival after they were removed from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area, for a flyover project.
