how sad we have story of another kind of mercenary activities on rain tree apparently the lac insects like its sap The Telegraph Kolkata ran this and other such stories last few years one such is this: <https://www.telegraphindia.com/1150605/jsp/saltlake/story_23893.jsp> What’s killing the trees- Scores of fully-grown trees in the township and on VIP Road are in the throes of unnatural death. *Snehal Sengupta* investigates
Dead and dying trees on the bank of the Kestopur Canal by VIP Road near the Golaghata footbridge. Pictures by Saradindu Chaudhury Look outside your window and chances are that you’ll see a tall tree but bereft of leaves. Its thin branches look like the ominous fingers of a witch and its trunk is a ghostly white. No, it's not Halloween but World Environment Day. But instead of green, Salt Lake is wearing white. Hundreds of trees, particularly Sirish (Albizia lebbeck), are dying. The phenomenon has been noticeable for a few months now and the forest department believes that they are under the attack of some insects. *But investigation is on and officials are not ruling the possibility of a racket out to kill the trees* * and sell its precious lac either. Lac is the scarlet resinous secretion of several species of lac insects which are known to attack trees.* etc etc https://www.telegraphindia.com/1150605/jsp/saltlake/story_23893.jsp and shellac is used as a fixative in the french perfumery industry, <https://www.telegraphindia.com/1140829/jsp/jharkhand/story_18774853.jsp> and that may be killing our trees Such a shame why cant people be honest and upfront, plant trees for their own specific purposes? usha di On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 10:17 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Bimal ji, for insights into these sad stories. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> > Date: Wed 12 Sep, 2018, 6:44 AM > Subject: OBITUARY TO RAIN TREE ( SAMANEA SAMAN ) > To: > > > I studied in a school at Netrakona ( now Bangladesh ) from standard -1 to > 10.( that is from 1953 to 1963 ).There were five majestic Rain trees in the > school campus. I can not think about my school without these trees.This > school was established in 1889. I am talking about Dutt High School ( the > name is in honour of a famous civil servant and scholar R C Dutt ) > I left that place for India in 1964. But the Rain Trees were in my memory. > After the liberation of East Pakistan and formation of Bangladesh , I > visited my school in 1972 and was shocked to see that the trees were no > longer there. > At Cooch Behar there were many old Rain Trees on the road side. Few were > there near the Air Port ( not functional since 1990 ).Open bill stork used > to make nest on those trees. In the name of making the air port functional > all these tress have been sacrificed. Open bill stork still make nests in > the general area on alternative trees. > Recently I have seen a smart move by an intelligent house owner . His > house is next to the tree on the road side. But the tree is not on his > compound. He thought of eliminating this tree so that his house can be > expanded.. His move was to see that the tree is dead and the cut it as a > dead tree. He made two incisions around the main stem of this tree With > this action the tree will die after some time and he will remove it as a > dead tree. Quite a smart move. > Attaching two images of this tree under death sentence. In the first image > you see the tree which gives shade to the people nearby. And in the next > image you see the two incisions around the main stem of the tree. > I have seen more than 200 trees in last 13 years which have been fell . > Images some of these trees are with me > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
