Environmentalist embarks on a long trek to save Chevella’s banyans
The HinduAn ordinary man from Warangal district has chosen his own path — literally — to protest the possible felling of the banyan trees along the way to Chevella. An employee of a private hospital, Mr. Prakash had earlier walked from Warangal to Medaram thrice requesting the authorities to conduct Medaram Jathara without causing any damage to the environment. “I was influenced by our teacher who started an eco-club in our school to teach us the importance of the environment, and later by a forest officer who I came in contact with, and finally by Vanajeevi Ramaiah, who has made it his mission to spread the message of plantation and tree protection,” Mr. Prakash explained. Emulating Mr. Ramaiah, who earned accolades from the State government, Mr. Prakash began by taking up plantation activities and reporting illegal tree felling to the Forest Department, before starting padayatras.
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