BHOPAL: A group of people in Bina town known for the railway junction, infused life into a huge banyan by replanting the 50-year-old tree uprooted in the heavy wind on August 1.
The tree was replanted on August 6 and on August 29. Efforts yielded results as there was growth of new leaves and buds.
The 25-feet high tree uprooted near a temple was worshipped by the women for a long time.
It also provided shadow to people and animals from schorching sunlight in summer. When the tree was uprooted, the sacred threads tied around it after a recent festival attracted the attention of the people.
“They would take away the thread as they revered them, but would ignore the tree,” said a local resident.
But activists of Motichoor Nadi Bachao Samiti decided to replant it as during the coronavirus outbreak, they learned the importance of trees and the fresh oxygen generated by them.
Mukesh Rai, a member of the samiti said, “we noticed that the tree was very heavy and bulky so we arranged an earth moving machine and a tractor.”
It was not possible to load the tree in the tractor so the machine dragged it to a nearby place on premises of a crematorium .
Rakesh Suman, another member said, “the machine was used to dig up a 10-feet deep trench and the tree was replanted there.”
The activists also watered the tree with the help of a water tanker till there was a good spell of rain.
They said, “every day we would monitor the tree. On August 29, we found the growth of new buds,” Rakesh said. It was one of the happiest moments, he said.
The members of this samiti had earlier revived a river named Motichoor in Bina.
