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Coverage of Press Meet on Geotagging the Banyans - 11 August 2022

on August 16, 2022

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https://newsmeter.in/hyderabad/meet-hyderbads-tree-persons-who-placed-chevella-banyans-on-world-map-699110

https://www.siasat.com/geo-tagging-the-new-attempt-to-save-banyans-of-chevella-2388670/

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/263e1beb735c4402a92b00f1f1c256c0

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/civic-group-places-chevella-banyans-on-world-map-virtually/article65758572.ece

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/110822/save-banyans-of-chevella-agitation-led-by-anand-vishwanadha-garners.html

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