Vandana Chaudhary

Co-Founder @RollingNature, @InitiativEarth & @IKBOE_OFFICIAL Botanist | Environmentalist | Plantaholic | Humanitarian | MOM |
A creative mind with a cause.

[Vandana Chaudhary @vandymini]

🌳Trees are vital to our planet🌏 and our well-being.🌱 Plant trees whenever you can!🙏

#trees #plantation #urban #ClimateActionNow #saveearth #greeninitiative #Pune #SmartCity

[Brijmohan Patil @brizpatil]

#पुणे नदी काठ सुधार प्रकल्पामुळे पर्यावरण धोक्यात येत असल्याचा आरोप होत आहे. आज सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाने नियुक्त केलेल्या केंद्रीय सक्षमीकरण समितीचे सदस्य अंजन कुमार यांनी राम-मुळा नदी संगम, बालेवाडी, दादाघाट, सांगवी आदी भागात पाहाणी केली.
#Pune
#Punenews
#PuneRFD

[RAJESHWAR Singh JAMWAL @Thakurrsjamwal2]

T-69/199

It's no longer just garbage - it's proof of @jmcjammu #CORRUPTION
Ward 39 (Temple)
Ward 19 (Bikram Chowk)- &
Ward 29 as usual bins buried under filth. My negligence if not of @Devansh_IAS
"Kooda Dabbe CH PAO" stands exposed as a grand fraud @JKACB

Sir @ajaykraina

[RAJESHWAR Singh JAMWAL @Thakurrsjamwal2]

T-70/199

Overflowing bins aren't @jmcjammu problem - they are opportunity,
Double ghost vehicles - double money HPM @narendramodi
Yesterday's shame (middle visual) reloaded today
"Kooda Dabbe CH PAO" is just a cover for systemic loot @JKACB
@LokBhavanJandK

Sir @ajaykraina

[Vetal Tekdi @VetalTekdi]

While you remain busy, budgets are getting approved. People's representatives are planning ways to destroy #Pune's signature natural features. They claim that the ruin is for "public good".

Be there to let them know there are things to avoid. Tell your friends too.

10am, 30 May

[Anne Anish @AnneAnish]

Pune ko concrete flood trap banaya ja raha hai. 🌊⚠️ Trees kaato, rivers concretize karo, phir floods pe surprise dikhao? Yeh development nahi, city destruction hai. 🌳🪚🔥

#SavePune #StopRFD

[Mohan Pargaien IFS🇮🇳 @pargaien]

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

[Vandana Chaudhary @vandymini]

#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

[Vata Foundation @vata_foundation]

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

#SaveFullyGrownTrees

[Anne Anish @AnneAnish]

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.

[RAJESHWAR Singh JAMWAL @Thakurrsjamwal2]

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

[Mohan Pargaien IFS🇮🇳 @pargaien]

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

[Warrior Moms @Warriormomsin]

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

[Anne Anish @AnneAnish]

🌳⚖️ 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 🚩

[Chaitanya Ket @ChaitanyaKet]

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"

[Vandana Chaudhary @vandymini]

#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

[Chaitanya Ket @ChaitanyaKet]

"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?

[save bandarvirala @bandarvirala]

https://t.co/Ic9PsvkucK 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

[Hema Chari Madabhushi @mhemachari]

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

[Anne Anish @AnneAnish]

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 ?

[Vandana Chaudhary @vandymini]

@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. https://t.co/rZ86hJSXfO