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Praise for 'tree-saving' Indian lawmaker

A lawmaker in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has been praised for using his own money to save four trees. Bode Prasad spent 100,000 rupees (£1,200; $1,546) to relocate the peepal trees which were due to be cut down to make way for a section of the Vijaywada-Machilipatnam highway. Mr Prasad said he had seen these trees since his childhood and did not want them to be destroyed. […]