Summary:
“Sometimes, people prevent me from planting saplings fearing their vehicles cannot be parked there. So, I started planting saplings and watering them every day,” says 60-year-old Shah. “Being a long-time resident, I saw many trees being chopped in the name of development. Watering the plants and planting saplings, especially native species in the locality has been his full-time job since he retired from the auto-spares manufacturing company Ashok Leyland, two years ago. Over the past two years, he has planted more than 200 trees covering most of the streets in Chintadripet despite suffering two heart attacks..