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\u00a0BHADERWAH, Sep 21: The\u00a0<\/span>largest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>possibly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>oldest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Cedar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forest\u00a0<\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chanti\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bala\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhalessa\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forest\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Doda<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>region.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>54-foot\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trunk\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>35-foot\u00a0<\/span><\/span>breast\u00a0<\/span><\/span>diameter.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Panchayat<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Raj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Institution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(PRI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>urged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>location\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>added\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>map,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wanted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Cedar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tree’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>position\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>listed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>heritage\u00a0<\/span>site.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gigantic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tree,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>thought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>centuries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>old\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>situated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eastern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gandoh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tehsil’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chanti-Bala\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Panchayat<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>124\u00a0<\/span><\/span>km\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Doda\u00a0<\/span><\/span>town,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>religious\u00a0<\/span>importance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>followers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nag\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>revered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ages.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Because\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>enormous\u00a0<\/span>size,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tree,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>surrounded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>dense\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coniferous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forest,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clearly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>different\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>field\u00a0<\/span><\/span>workers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Divisional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Forest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhaderwah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chander\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shekhar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>site.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Deodar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commonly\u00a0<\/span>known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cedar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>trunk\u00a0<\/span>diameter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>54\u00a0<\/span>feet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>breast\u00a0<\/span><\/span>size\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>35\u00a0<\/span>feet,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>scientific\u00a0<\/span>method\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>estimating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>tree’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>size.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>largest\u00a0<\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>kind\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Cedrus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Deodara)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>research\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>gathered,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>appears\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>oldest,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Shekhar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Forest\u00a0<\/span>Survey\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consulted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>determine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>exact\u00a0<\/span>age\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>object.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>adopted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>procedure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>heritage\u00a0<\/span>site\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>unique\u00a0<\/span><\/span>size,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“once\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heritage,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>start\u00a0<\/span><\/span>visiting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>see\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>unique\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>nostalgic\u00a0<\/span>feeling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>size.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sarpanch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chanti\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bala\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sansar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chand,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>revered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>12\u00a0<\/span><\/span>generations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>No\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>harm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>what\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>ancestors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taught\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>blood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>milky\u00a0<\/span>fluid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>ooze\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>someone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tried\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>cut\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>branches,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sarpanch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fortunate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>sense\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>belonging\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>remote\u00a0<\/span>location\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>change\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>fortunes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>travellers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>begin\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>visit.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>panchayat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>surrounding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>areas,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PRI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Abbas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rather,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chairman\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>block\u00a0<\/span><\/span>development\u00a0<\/span><\/span>council,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Changa\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nadeem\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sharief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Niaz,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>member\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>development\u00a0<\/span><\/span>council,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>urged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>formally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recognise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>largest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cedar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>necessary\u00a0<\/span>measures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>put\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tourist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>map.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Niaz\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span>10\u00a0<\/span>lakhs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>lighting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>renovation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>around\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>appreciate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>beauty.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>tree,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>course,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>helps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>draw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>otherwise\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>among\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>underdeveloped.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representatives,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shall\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>show\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>beauty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>natural\u00a0<\/span>resource.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anticipate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prompt\u00a0<\/span>action\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>particularly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>forest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>department,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>(Agencies)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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