Vrindavan, Agra, Hyderabad, and Mysore are in the news these days because of the mass slaughter of full-grown trees. Our cities, once vibrant mosaics of biodiversity and cultural reverence for nature, are being strangled by a relentless wave of deforestation, driven by developers and builders who prioritise profit over planetary survival. The clandestine felling of trees, often abetted by lax or complicit authorities, has reached a crisis point, with recent cases drawing the ire of the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal.
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