The Keeper Of The Trees

Brut India

He’s planted over ten million trees and is on an endless journey to spread greenery. Meet Padma Shri Daripalli Ramaiah, Telangana’s tree man.

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01:00In 21 villages, lakhs of trees were cut down due to air pollution.

01:06If trees are cut down, only 2,000 people survive.

01:09I brought 2,000 trees and saved 2,000 people.

01:12If trees are cut down, it will look like I am dead.

01:17But if trees are cut down,

01:20it will look like we are living on earth.

01:23It will look like we are living in science.

01:26Or it will look like we are living in trees.

01:30Trees are cut down to protect the environment.

01:36Trees are cut down to protect the environment.

01:40It is our duty to protect the environment

01:43and to protect the people.

01:55When I was a child,

01:57I used to write on my palm.

02:03It is called Brungarajam in Sanskrit.

02:06When I used to give my children, they used to write on their palms.

02:09When I used to give my children, they used to write on their palms.

02:12They used to write on their palms.

02:14They are using trees for everything.

02:18So, trees are not unnecessary.

02:28If the trees are cut down,

02:31we have to pay Rs.20 per person.

02:34We have to eat a little food.

02:37We have to stay for 2 days and eat.

02:41If we are not hungry,

02:44we have to pay Rs.5 per person.

02:47We have to pay Rs.5 per person.

02:50We have to pay Rs.20 per person.

02:53We have to pay Rs.20 per person.

02:57We have to pay Rs.20 per person.

03:07We have to buy a bicycle.

03:10We have to buy a bicycle.

03:13We have to buy a bicycle.

03:14We have to buy a truck.

03:17We have to buy a truck.

03:23When I started my business,

03:26many people laughed at me.

03:28They asked me,

03:29Am I from Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi?

03:43I have got a sense of community.

03:45Since I came to Padmasthi,

03:47everyone has a desire to plant trees.

03:50They all plant trees with me.

03:52They plant trees.

03:54It will be good for the environment.

04:10This is a holy tree.

04:12It is a water tree.

04:14It is in Madhugamskar.

04:16When there is a forest,

04:17water flows to the forest.

04:19It looks like coconut water.

04:21People drink it and plant trees.

04:23A tree is a diesel tree. If you plant a tree in a forest, you get diesel.

04:27In Taiwan, there is a milk farm. If you plant a tree in a forest, you get milk.

04:31They drink milk instead of curd and make tea.

04:34There is a tree. If a person eats the fruit of that tree, he will dance, get drunk, and fall asleep.

04:40This is the story of Nayak.

04:42This is the story of Nayak.

05:12This is the story of Nayak.

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