Painting the countryside green!
Thummala Tulasaiah thinks ‘massive’ sows over 10,000 seeds for sustainable surroundings.
He has sown over 10,000 seeds in and around Tirupati and is eager to plant neighborhood and large plant types.
Planting saplings in visitor homes and the woodland fringe regions as a settlement worker in the TTD’s Forest Department is not a huge deal for 47-year-antique Thummala Tulasaiah.
Looking beyond his profession, he has sown over 10,000 seeds in public locations such as bunds, tanks, water canals, and bus stops, imparting the much-wanted inexperienced cover within the geographical region.
Trees having nonsecular significance, including ‘jamming,’ ‘module’, and ‘neem,’ were planted within temples in the village.
‘Huge bushes needed.’
Even as the focus is shifting towards planting brief, shadeless types, including crotons and ornamental flora, within aesthetics, Tulasaiah feels that it infrequently presents any greenery.
Most seeds sown by him belong to large tree households, including Banana, peepal, and tamarind, which have a much broader cover. For that reason, they provide coloration to human beings and refuge to animals, insects, and birds.
“Even in public parks, the absence of large timber is pretty conspicuous. The idea is not just to develop greenery but create a vibrant atmosphere and preserve biodiversity, wherever possible,” he instructed The Hindu.
He says that bushes with a huge cover assist in retaining soil moisture, thus preventing the land from getting hot in the summer, as witnessed now.
Most large trees are normally victims of road-widening tasks and preemptive pruning if they come under strain. When such large bushes are felled, saplings of rapid-developing flowers and shadeless trees are planted in their region as a “short-restoration solution” to reveal greenery within months, which isn’t always sustainable.
“Many wide varieties are long gone nowadays. The ‘Pippa’ (mahua) bushes planted masses of years ago at Cherlopally village near Tirupati are the most effective remnants of perennial greenery that bubble with lifestyles,” he observes.
Lasting answer
As a forest worker, he unearths larger bushes to keep animals inside the woods and stop them from straying into human habitations.
Tulasaiah runs a nursery in Thondavada village, where he has bought more than 30,000 lawn plants and over 1,500 medicinal plant saplings.
He may have advanced landscaping in the gardens of Tirumala guest houses. However, his coronary heart always beats for large timber.
