In a bid to save trees and help the environment from deteriorating any further, a team of people is removing foreign objects like nails and staple pins from trees in Bengaluru.?
Vinod Kartavya, an assistant scientist at Defence Research and Development Organisation, along with five of his friends, steps out into the streets of Bengaluru to remove posters and advertisements from trees which are pasted with nails or staples.?
The team heads out every Sunday to do the good deed, reported ANI.
Discussing his initiative, Kartavya said, ¡°Recently I was leaning on a tree and a nail sticking out of it hurt the back of my head. I removed the nail and noticed that nearly all the trees in Sampangiram Nagar ward were damaged like this with?posters and advertisements. After this, my friends and I decided that we would spend a few hours every Sunday removing the foreign objects."
He also said, ¡°As per the Tree Protection Act and Bangalore municipal Act, sticking posters on trees is illegal. We have also posted a ¡®Nail Free Tree¡¯ challenge on social media, encouraging people to post their photos after removing nails from trees. We are getting a good response."
The report added that during their mission last Sunday, they came across 1,000 to 2,000 staple pins and more than 250 nails on a single tree.
Kartavya said, ¡°Last Sunday we went to K G Road. Each tree had around 1,000 to 2,000 staple pins and 250 nails. It was a huge task. It took three hours, 7:00 am to 10:00 am, just to clean seven trees."
He is also hopeful that as they will keep doing this, more people will join in and help grow the initiative further.?