Vandana Chaudhary

🌳Trees are vital to our planet🌏 and our well-being.🌱 Plant trees whenever you can!🙏 #trees #plantation #urban #ClimateActionNow #saveearth #greeninitiative #Pune #SmartCity

@vandymini @MoHUA_India @PMCPune @navalMH @PMOIndia @Worrier_0081 @ChaitanyaKet @ChaloPmc @Warriormomsin @fridays_india @ExtinctionR @CCACoalition @down2earthindia @vata_foundation संघे शक्ति कलयुगे 👏👏

#Pune’s urban planning is failing to balance growth with ecological preservation. The Ganesh Khind Widening Road protests are not isolated—they symbolize a larger struggle for sustainable urban futures. @MoHUA_India #SaveHeritageTrees #ClimateActionNow @PMCPune @navalMH @PMOIndia

Appreciate the effort going into saving Punes heritage trees. Citizen are braving the blistering heat to come out and be heard. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #SaveFullyGrownTrees

Legal notice served to Commissioner @navalMH & Mr. Ghorpade — yet silence continues. This isn’t delay, it’s a blatant insult to the Hon’ble High Court order. General Body conducted, but the mandatory Tree Committee still not formed. Clear violation. Zero accountability.

Miles to Go 'indeed' T-65/199 "My Town My Pride " drowned in garbage and weeds @jmcjammu Where fountains were meant to sing - taxpayers dreams rusting in broad day light HPM @narendramodi ji Responsive administration ? Just a cruel poetic lie @LokBhavanJandK @ajaykraina

See the article below by @JasjeevGandhiok for @htTweets The Delhi Forest Department's proposal to green 10 acres of Central Ridge using Miyawaki plantations to address low survival rates of traditional methods raises the following serious ecological and economic concerns. Economic Disparity At Rs.1.25 crores per hectare, which is app 10 to 12 times the standard departmental costs of ₹8–10 lakh/hectare, this high outlay for intensive irrigation and soil enrichment is hard to justify when funds could restore far larger areas via site-specific ecology. Structural Flaws Miyawaki emphasises rapid growth over ecosystem health; ultra-high inputs of organic manure and profuse watering create high-density planting, forcing weak, pole-like trees competing for light. Central Ridge's Aravalli ecosystem thrives on natural hardiness—artificial mulching/watering risks creating intervention-dependent "forests." A true forest requires horizontal and vertical space for natural processes, including the recruitment of native grasses, shrubs, and the movement of local wildlife. Further, packing 100,000–150,000 saplings into a restricted area creates an impenetrable thicket. While this may provide high carbon sequestration metrics on paper, it suppresses the complex, multi-layered biodiversity inherent to the Delhi Ridge While the MoEFCC may support Miyawaki-style projects in small-scale urban pockets—often under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives—the method lacks formal national policy endorsement for sensitive ecological zones. Implementing this without rigorous, zone-specific research across India’s diverse eco-climatic regions is premature Restoration Priority In the meantime lets accord priority and practice restoration by referencing native ecosystems, removing invasives like Prosopis juliflora, and using moderate-density planting to let abused ridges heal naturally. #Miyawaki #forest #trees #restoration

Moms & citizens have been raising their voices for cleaner air, safer streets & healthier cities for our children. With Pune set to introduce India’s first Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in Shivajinagar, this is more than a policy win, it’s proof that citizen led movements can shape urban futures. Less pollution. Better public transport. Walkable neighbourhoods. Healthier childhoods. @WMMaharashtra @walkingproject

🌳⚖️ Know The Power Of A Tree Officer A Tree Officer can STOP tree cutting if rules, environment, or public interest are at risk. 🚫🪓 Their duty is to protect trees, not just approve files. 🌱✊ #KnowTheAct #SaveTrees #TreeAct #GreenPune #ChaloPMC 🚩

अती शहाण्यांनी बाजार उठवला. विकासाचा भांग पिऊन त्यांनी डोंगर, नदीकाठ, रस्त्याच्या कडेची सगळी झाडं “अडथळा” म्हणून उपटून टाकली… जंगलं साफ केलं शहरं हीट आयलंड झाली, AQI ची पार वाट लागली AC गाडीत बसून, झाडांना वाचवण्यासाठी धावलेल्या लोकांना पाहून हे खुळे म्हणतात "वेड्यांचा बाजार"

"झाडे वाचवा पुणे वाचवा, एक झाड हजार श्वास" असा ताल धरत कॉलेजची ही मुले, वृक्षतोडीविरोधात आयोजित केलेल्या मानवी साखळीत सामील झाली. रस्ता रुंदीकरणामुळे वाहतूककोंडी सुटेल का? आणि वाहनांच्या धुराने, प्रदूषणाने वाट लागणाऱ्या हवेच्या गुणवत्तेचे(AQI) काय? याचे उत्तर अधिकारी देणार का?

ntnews.com/rangareddy/tel… 18 ఏళ్ల మైనింగ్ తో మా పొట్ట కొట్టారు, ఇప్పుడు డంప్ యార్డ్ కోసం ఇస్తారు అంటే రైతులు అంటే ఎక్కడ పోవాలి #saveus #mining #pollution @DonthiNreddy @Ambedkar_india_ @tsCTzen @krishna_avs @Praja_Snklpm @UNTGAPS @swachhhyd #hyderabad #telangana @sudhakarudumula

15-day fast-track for tree felling = fast-track for heat, pollution & loss of public commons.
We’re cutting full-grown trees for events while calling it “ease of doing business.” It’s high time, we stop treating trees as obstacles. They’re actually survival infrastructure. 
#UrbanHeat #StopTreeFelling #RightToShade

Metro or Mismanagement? Pune Metro was sold as a fix for traffic & pollution. Reality? ❌ Trees gone 🌳 ❌ Poor planning ❌ Low ridership ❌ Daily disruption This isn’t smart development — it’s careless execution. Progress ≠ destroying nature & ignoring people. Time to ?

@PMCPune @moefcc @MahaForest @down2earthindia @ThePuneMirror @ChaloPmc @fridays_india @climate @ExtinctionR @rammuladevrai @RajaSubramani22 @ChaitanyaKet @AnneAnish 🌳 7,132 trees cut, 6,254 transplanted, 17,533 planted but survival unknown, no geo‑tagging, no photos, no proof. #MissingTrees PMC Admits No Survival Data for 17,533 Trees. #notransplantation #nocompensatoryafforestation #scam please. Redesign & Retain. punekarnews.in/pmc-admits-no-…

When rivers are polluted and forests fall silent, money won’t save us 🌿 A beautiful peepal tree marked for felling for RFD project in Balewadi #Pune 700 riparian trees marked here. Work going on in full swing at the bank. #SaveTrees #biodiversity @PMCPune @moefcc @MahaForest

@vandymini @PMCPune @moefcc @MahaForest @down2earthindia @ThePuneMirror @ChaloPmc @fridays_india @climate @ExtinctionR @rammuladevrai @RajaSubramani22 @ChaitanyaKet @AnneAnish Powerful documentation. Watching centuries-old riparian buffers fall for short-term projects is devastating. These roots are irreplaceable flood infrastructure. We need development that builds around nature. Standing with you. #SaveTrees 🌿

पुण्यातील मुळा नदीकाठी वाढलेले जुने पुणेकर सांगतात— “कधी या नदीचं पाणी इतकं स्वच्छ होतं की आम्ही त्यात तोंड धुवायचो आज मात्र त्या पाण्यात पायही धुवता येत नाही.” पाणी खराब झालं, पण काठ आणि काठावरील झाडं अजूनही उभी आहेत. पण आता मात्र या नदीकाठच्या झाडांवर RFDची टांगती तलवार आहे.

Miles to Go T-58/199 Burning garbage/leaves on @Jammu_SmartCity walkway- repeated sins against enviornment & public trust @CPCB_OFFICIAL Probity lies in ashes @narendramodi ji @over2shailaja @yashoazad @CRajiva @ajaykraina @vandymini @mhemachari @BhavreenMK @divya_gandotra