Learning that the peepal tree was on the list of felling by the Highway department to expand Pollachi Road, OSAI, an NGO, which has transplanted over 20 trees on various locations, took up the task.
Accordingly the NGO dug and removed the tree with roots intact with the help of an earth mover and relocated it to Firebird Institute of Research and Management, Chettipalayam, some 10 KM from Kurichi tank, OSAI officials said.