Watch | On Saturday, the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department authorities cut the bark of an Indian laurel tree in Papikonda National Park to find that the tree stores water in the summer. This knowledge was shared with the Forest department by the Konda Reddi tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group inhabitating the Papikonda hill range in the Godavari region. Video: Special Arrangement. Read the full story here: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/konda-reddi-tribes-indigeno

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