and accommodative instead of the destructive and exploitative onewhy can our authorities not think about the alternative development models with insight and sensitivity to the fragile ecosystem and encourage the symbiotic relationship between humanity and nature specially in this case where this road is totally uncalled for and alternative road is possible when will we come out of colonial industrial commercial trap and reprioritize our economic goals in more elegant comprehensive and efficient mannerin the indian culture trees have been revered and worshipped by our ancestors emphasizing the invaluable significance of trees in our lives sant tukaram has so beautifully and poetically summed up the significance of trees in our lives vrikshavalli amha soyare vanchare the essence is that the trees plants the nature is so endearing that one can realize the ultimate divine in the lap of natureanjali gaidhane is head of political science department in hislop college