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He Created a Forest!!!!

What will you do if you have 70 acres (0.28328 km2) land...?
You will raise some crops. won't you...?
or else you will make one more step forward to build a flat to start Real estate business... Right?
But, he is very unique...
This man did a thing which no one expected...
He turned his 70 acres land to a forest!!!
"We are taking lots of things from environment... Can't we giveback some of it again to the mother nature/Earth?"- this thought drove him to do so.
Not only people around him, his own family lastly was also against this action, but the man didn't back down...
Left the white collar Gazetted professional job of sitting in AC room, contributed his life to green forests...
This Forest God is Name is "Dusharla Satyanarayana" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusharla_Satyanarayana).
Read the story of him... - the 70 acres man forest

Quote:"The forest created by Satyanarayana has various types of crops and farm fields... but they are not for human utilization.
Small ponds, tanks and water holes are full of water... but they are not for crop irrigation.
Hundreds of Varieties of tree species or types grow there... but they are not for commercialisation.
All that wonderful Nature is to nurture the Nature itself... to give a shelter to wildlife, to save the ever declining forest environments, this is a great worship to rescue the Natural World around us."

This ain't a thing done by a big social organization/Hundreds of Environmentalists/conservationists/naturalists... it is a result or output of One and Only one man's determination and dedicational work!!!

Satyanarayana's Nature love, affection and care didn't happen in one day. Nalgonda district's Raghavapuram village common of two Telugu states is his village. The village's greenery made him to love Nature. He happily watched when plants grow and Lotuses bloom in the lake.

That interest continued even after he recruited in Bank employee job in 1977 at the age of 23. The Affection towards Nature, love towards environment grew in him day by day. The will to do something for Environment had been developing stronger and stronger.

For that, One day he stopped and decided. He decided something most of the people don't show courage even to think of it. He resigned from his profession after 3 yrs of job work which was the source of income.

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There is a 70 acres (28.328 hectares) area roadside to Suryapeta-Khammam National Highway Road. The Price of that land is also high and above all it is an area where 2 types of crops can be raised or grown in the same area. He bought the land and decide to convert the land to a forest ecosystem. People scolded him for trying to do this act of converting land which equals in Gold to a forest ('gold' is for reference in Telugu language). He designed a precise plan to go forward.

Dusarla strived hard for some decades to grow and create a forest single handedly. He had gone to many places all over the country, brought different types of seeds and sowed them in the crop fields and farm lands. He looked after those crops all the time. He brought various plants in hundreds and started growing them there. All those plants are watered for many months only by him, no one came forward to volunteer or support his actions. He dug canals for those seedlings irrigation for many months. The plants grown like this now become huge trees.

He reintroduced tons of animal species and Plant species to this area and made a small scale self sustaining habitat like a natural reserve. He released Animals like Indian Blue Peafowl (Pavo cristatus), rabbits into his forest. He didn't chase away hundreds of monkeys resided there and offered secure habitat to live, thrive and prosper. Besides that he himself cultivated crops like Tubers and Bajra (Pearl millet) to feed them. Just to grow Indian Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), he dug 7 water holes and ponds.

Plant species: Rare Butea monosperma, hundreds of trees like Bauhinia racemosa and [i]Diospyros melanoxylon [/i](Bidi/tendu tree) also there in this forest. As these tendu or bidi tress (used wrapping material in manufacturing of tobacco cigarettes) are there in this forests, People from various parts of his Telangana State come to him to purchase for high rates however he don't accept to sell them. Crores of money is before him in the form of forest resources and products and no one can ask if he decides to sell and earn money coz it is not a protected area. But, he didn't do that to fulfill his dream and desire to help the nature. For that, he left his job or source of income, left his family, leading a simple life. Salute to his passion. Migratory and indigenous Birds shelter this forest. Tons of trees like Butea monosperma, Acacia, birichachena, jiginaka, movunchi, Ficus racemosa, Azadirachta indica, Balusu etc.., are present. Many insects, other small animals and creatures too exist.

Avifauna: Kingfishers, (Ploiceidae) Passerine weaver birds similar looking to Grosbeak, Cuckoos like Koel Bird, Rose-ringed parakeet, Eagles, hawks, Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker, water fowls, purple starling, Pond Heron, Doves, Myna, Common Quails, Rain Quails and many more etc..,

Mammals: Indian grey Mongoose, Indian Boar, Rhesus macaque, Hanuman Langur, various Snakes like Rat snake; common Indian Cobra, The Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica), Various types of squirrels etc..,

Quote:This forest has earned some of the sacred belief things. Some pits in this forest has Lord Vishnu's Foot marks, Lord Vishnu's Linga form in Trishul, Tortoise shapings. These are worshiped by some devotees. On full moon days and Shiv ratri festivals, this place is crowded with people in great numbers.

                                                                                                       - Valtelli Pradeep (Author), Eenadu journalism School
"Nothing is impossible to man if he has will power. More people like this and (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadav_Payeng) Jaydev Payeng are required."
                                                                                                                                             

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"A Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus) on a tree in the forest"


Dusharla Satyanarayana (born 12 March 1954) is an Indian water rights activist and founder of Jala Sadhana Samithi (JSS). He is fighting for drinking and irrigation water for Nalgonda district in Telangana, formerly Andhra Pradesh, India, by completing decades old Srisailam Left Bank Canal Tunnel scheme. He also supported statehood for Telangana. He is also Vice President of Suvidha. Jala Sadhana Samithi
He founded Jala Sadhana Samithi in 1980 to fight for the unjust treatment of water allocation to Nalgonda, which resulted in widespread cases of fluorosis. He did walkathons for water as well as Telangana statehood.
He did various types of protests like padayatras from Nalgonda to Srisailam, Yadagirigutta and Hyderabad to highlight the water woes of the people of the region in general and the fluoride victims of the district in particular. He did protests in Delhi.

Telugu Eenadu 31/12/2018 page 7 article Translation from Telugu to English by @Sanju

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