PUNJAB:

In a rare and emotional rescue mission, the Punjab Forest Department has successfully replanted a 50-year-old banyan tree that had fallen into a canal near Kahna’s Haveli Cheetu Wali area after being uprooted by strong winds. The massive tree, deeply intertwined with the village’s history, was originally planted half a century ago by the late husband of an elderly resident, Majeedan Bibi, for whom it symbolized an entire lifetime of memories.

When the centuries-old banyan crashed to the ground, it left the family devastated. “It felt as if the last support of my life was gone,” said Majeedan Bibi, recalling how she and her children sat beside the fallen tree for hours, weeping. But on Friday, as a crane lifted the colossal trunk upright under the supervision of Forest Department

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