Save Ajni Vann trends nationally on Twitter

Nagpur: The city’s public movement to save thousands of age-old trees at Ajni Vann caused a stir on social media on Sunday evening, With thousands of people tweeting their concerns regarding the issue, the #Save Ajni Vann and #SaveTrees40000 became the top trending topic on Twitter.
The ‘Twitter Storm’ was planned by the young environment activists of the city. “We wanted authorities to be aware of the consequences of mindless development activities in Ajni Vann. To draw their attention, people of Nagpur as well as other cities used Twitter as a medium and told various authorities loud and clear to Save Ajni Vann,” said activist Kunal Mourya.
The ‘Twitter Storm’ saw participation of people from all walks of life, all raising strong objections against large-scale felling of trees. The youngsters took to social media to make Save Ajni Vann a national issue. “This is not for the first time that the public movement has captured Twitter. The trend, #SaveAjnivann & #SaveTrees40000+, trended on spots two and three last month too. Such online platforms are helping us to reach out to the global audience when it comes to highlighting critical issues,” said activists.
The deadline to submit objections against tree felling was June 30. As reported by TOI, the matter is likely to go to the state tree committee as per the amended tree rules.