Hyderabad, May 19 -- In an effort to ease traffic congestion without sacrificing green cover, Hyderabad Traffic Police and the Forest Department jointly translocated a 40-year-old Peltophorum tree near Shyamlal building in Begumpet, relocating it to the Begumpet Graveyard premises.

The tree had been identified as an obstruction to smooth vehicular movement during ongoing junction improvement works in the area. Rather than felling it, authorities coordinated a translocation.

Begumpet Traffic Police, along with the Forest Department and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's (GHMC) Urban Biodiversity Department, carried out the operation after obtaining the necessary permissions. The tree's branches were scientifically trimmed befo...