<div align="justify">Tree activists and the members of Sarjapur Residents’ Welfare Association (SRWA) have joined hands for saving four trees marked for felling for widening of Dommasandra-Sarjapur Circle. The operation to translocate these trees is in full swing and is expected to be completed by Sunday evening.<br /><br />According to volunteers, around 80 trees had been chopped for the road widening project. The SRWA members took up task of the translocating four trees. Jayam Landscape, a Chennai-based company carried out excavation for shifting the trees and dug pits to relocate them. The residents have raised Rs 3 lakh for the exercise through crowd funding. Among the four trees that are being relocated, three will find a home at the Inventure Academy at Doddabommasandra, while one will be planted at a villa in Sarjapur, according to Raicy Mathew, the environment secretary for SRWA.<br /><br />“The trees will be lifted with the help of a crane and placed in a horizontal position. Later they will be transported to their new location and placed in the pits dug for the purpose,” she added. Joy V R, another member from SRWA, said that the personnel from Bescom, Forest department and the police were lending a helping hand in translocating the trees.<br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">Tree activists and the members of Sarjapur Residents’ Welfare Association (SRWA) have joined hands for saving four trees marked for felling for widening of Dommasandra-Sarjapur Circle. The operation to translocate these trees is in full swing and is expected to be completed by Sunday evening.<br /><br />According to volunteers, around 80 trees had been chopped for the road widening project. The SRWA members took up task of the translocating four trees. Jayam Landscape, a Chennai-based company carried out excavation for shifting the trees and dug pits to relocate them. The residents have raised Rs 3 lakh for the exercise through crowd funding. Among the four trees that are being relocated, three will find a home at the Inventure Academy at Doddabommasandra, while one will be planted at a villa in Sarjapur, according to Raicy Mathew, the environment secretary for SRWA.<br /><br />“The trees will be lifted with the help of a crane and placed in a horizontal position. Later they will be transported to their new location and placed in the pits dug for the purpose,” she added. Joy V R, another member from SRWA, said that the personnel from Bescom, Forest department and the police were lending a helping hand in translocating the trees.<br /><br /></div>
