{"id":46918,"date":"2025-05-14T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanacres.in\/?p=46918"},"modified":"2025-05-14T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T16:14:13","slug":"pune-to-deploy-tree-ambulance-for-urban-greenery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/?p=46918","title":{"rendered":"Pune to Deploy Tree Ambulance for Urban Greenery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will roll out a \u2018Tree Ambulance\u2019 on World Environment Day, June 5. The initiative is part of the civic body\u2019s broader \u201cSave Trees\u201d campaign aimed at preserving Pune\u2019s fragile urban ecology amid rapid development.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 data-start=\"1345\" data-end=\"1540\">The Tree Ambulance will provide year-round medical support to old and damaged trees, many of which are centuries old and face increasing threats from construction, pollution, and neglect. \u201cThe ambulance will be equipped with essential tools for treating infected branches, removing nails and posters, pruning dead limbs, and even spraying pesticides,\u201d said Ashok Ghorpade, Chief Garden Superintendent, PMC. The mobile unit will include a ladder extending up to 30 metres, a gas welding machine, a hammer, and pumps for tree treatment. A team of five trained technicians will manage operations, and one staffer will focus on seed collection from households.<\/h4>\n<h4>The initiative has been launched in response to widespread damage to trees caused by unauthorised hoardings, pollution, and unplanned development. In many parts of the city, tree trunks are disfigured by illegal advertisements and nails, shortening their lifespan. Besides emergency tree care, the Tree Ambulance will also take up seed banking, seed ball distribution, replanting of uprooted trees, plant distribution, survey of tree health, and removal of dead or dangerous trees. \u201cWhile PMC has been replanting trees affected by development projects, this unit will help in maintaining and reviving the health of existing trees\u2014especially old ones that have survived decades of urbanisation,\u201d Ghorpade added.<\/h4>\n<h4>Initially, only one ambulance will serve the entire city, but PMC has hinted at expanding the service based on its performance and feedback from environmental experts and citizens.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/pune-gears-up-for-sppu-double-decker-flyover-launch\/\">Pune gears up for SPPU double decker flyover launch<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5>Pune to Deploy Tree Ambulance for Urban Greenery<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will roll out a \u2018Tree Ambulance\u2019 on World Environment Day, June 5. The initiative is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19655,19580,19589,19588,19614],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-pune","category-transportation","category-urban-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}