The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Trapped in gaps of tank toe wall, tamarind trees struggle for survival near Madurai
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S Sundar
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Tamarind trees near a Madurai highway are being strangled by a concrete toe wall constructed to protect an irrigation tank bund. The trees have outgrown the gaps left in the wall, causing structural damage to the concrete and threatening the survival of the trees.
At least seven fully-grown Tamarind trees along Tirumangalam-Srivilliputtur highway at S. Ammapatti are struggling for their survival with the concrete toe wall of an irrigation tank blocking the horizontal growth of their trunks.
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