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Chitrakoot's Tree Man: 11 Years, 40,000 Trees
The tragic death of his wife and three children led Bhaiyyaram to vow to
live only for others. He began to plant trees on fallow land near his
village. No water near, so four times each day he hauled two 20-kilo
boxes with a rope slung over his shoulders. Living in a hut he built
nearby to guard the trees from thieves, his eleven years of work has
produced a plantation of 40,000 trees.
