“It can be used to cut branches, douse fires in very high places by the fire department and even save someone who is drowning – there are multiple uses for it,” says the former professor at Kerala Agricultural University.
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The once dump yard, today boasts of trees like pomegranate, sweet lime, guava, and also has plants like lemon, lady finger, tomato, black plum, lemon and bitter gourd.
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He started observing trees around him. And the more he did that, the more he realised how decade old trees around the area had either been chopped down or had become mediums of advertising.
He was was recently conferred with the 'Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Constructive Work for 2018 ' by Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation (JBF).
Treepedia's primary objective is to help farmers with the best-suited plantation techniques and post-plantation care. The app also wants them to know about the plant species that are native to particular areas of Tamil Nadu and guide them into planting more of these, thus decreasing the number of exotic species grown in the state.