Daripalli Ramaiah is an Indian social worker known for his social forestry initiatives.
10 Facts About Daripalli Ramaiah
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Daripalli Ramaiah is the recipient of the Padma Shri award for the year 2017, for his invaluable contribution to extending tree cover.
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Daripalli Ramaiah was born in Reddypally village in Khammam district, Hyderabad State.
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Daripalli Ramaiah remembers vaguely that as a child he often saw his mother saving the seeds of vegetable plants for the next growing season.
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Daripalli Ramaiah believes in seed as the solution to human well being.
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Daripalli Ramaiah supposedly has intellect, can think, can do and can get things done.
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Daripalli Ramaiah sold his 3 acres land to buy more saplings and seeds.
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Daripalli Ramaiah transformed the famous quote "Plant a tree and save a life" into action rather than lecturing the benefits.
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Daripalli Ramaiah truly recognises the need to plant trees to save our environment and desperately plants saplings in each and every barren land he passes by.
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Daripalli Ramaiah is considered as a walking encyclopedia on plants.