Man uses 50-tonne crane to move 100-year-old peepal tree 2 km

When Bharat Sisodia reached a site in Ahmedabad in November 2022, he found that a nearly 100-year-old peepal tree had already been cut down. Only about six to seven feet of its trunk remained. For most people, the tree would have appeared beyond saving. But Sisodia, a tree-transplantation expert, wanted to find out whether its roots were still alive. He and his team dug around the remaining trunk, brought in a 50-tonne crane and moved the tree nearly two kilometres to a new location. After preparing a pit and replanting it, they continued caring for it. The tree has since reportedly begun showing new growth.As reported by The Better India, the rescue depended largely on how much of the tree's original root system had survived.