Key Points
Forest department authorities in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitharama Raju district cut the bark of an Indian laurel tree, with water gushing out..
The forest officials cut the bark of the tree at Papikonda National Park to find that the tree stores water in the summer...
The Indian Laurel tree, scientifically known as Ficus microcarpa, is a tropical or subtropical tree found primarily in several parts of Asia, Western Pacific Islands and Australia...
Meanwhile, the water gushing out from the Indian laurel tree's bark comes at a time when there has been a water scarcity in several parts of India, including in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Karnataka, where its capital Bengaluru is facing a severe water crisis...
In Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, along with Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, reservoir levels are over 20 per cent less than the decade-average..
