INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Jun 05, 2019 03:25 ISTChennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 5 (ANI): On the occasion of World Environment Day, a tree ambulance
in Chennai is helping spread environmental awareness by catering to uprooted trees and offering other related services.The tree ambulance
aims at offering services like seed ball distribution, plant distribution, aiding tree plantation, shifting and survey of trees as well as
the removal of dead trees.Speaking to ANI, the founder of the tree ambulance service, Abdul Ghani, said, "The idea of a tree ambulance is to
save trees by caring for sick ones and helping bring back uprooted trees and protect the trees
By 2020, our aim is to have one tree ambulance for all the districts in India."Suresh, the president of the initiative, said, "Cyclone
Vardah and Gaja uprooted hundreds of trees in Tamil Nadu and I personally have witnessed the 2015 Chennai flood
Hence, I supported Abdul Ghani for his idea to create a tree ambulance in Chennai
In the whole country, our tree ambulance is the first one which has a hydraulic machine for lifting big trees which will be delivered in a
month."This tree ambulance service was flagged off by Vice President M
During the event, the Vice President said that out of the box solutions such as this, coupled with community participation, can go a long
way in conserving and increasing the country's green cover
