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DMK Pastes Its Sticker On Central Govt’s Urban Beautification Initiative

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DMK Pastes Its Sticker On Central Govt's Urban Beautification Initiative

As Tamil Nadu heats up ahead of the 2026 Legislative Assembly elections, a viral drone video of pink-blossomed trees lining in Maduravoyal has sparked a political storm.

DMK supporters and party spokespersons, their IT wing handles took to social media to claim that the stunning floral canopy, likened to Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, was proof of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s governance and a reason to vote for DMK.

The imagery was powerful, and it spread fast. There was just one problem: the trees were not planted by the DMK government.

Pink Trumpet Trees, Not Cherry Blossoms

The trees in question are Tabebuia rosea, or Pink Trumpet Trees – a Central American species that blooms brilliantly between December and April each year. While their delicate pink flowers draw inevitable comparisons to Japan’s sakura, botanists are clear that the two species are entirely unrelated. The trees thrive in tropical, high-heat, low-water conditions, making them a popular choice for urban beautification across Indian cities.

Central Government’s Role

Investigations reveal that a large number of these trees were planted along National Highways and expressways under schemes executed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), a Central Government body, as part of a nationwide road-corridor greening and beautification programme. Thousands of Tabebuia saplings were planted across multiple states, including along the Chittoor-Thachur Expressway in Tamil Nadu.

In Mumbai, the same trees lining the Eastern Express Highway were planted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and NHAI years ago. In Kochi, they were part of compensatory afforestation for the Kochi Metro project. In Bengaluru, they were part of a long-standing city greening initiative predating DMK’s current term.

In other words, the very same trees are blooming across multiple states under different governments – all as part of Central Government or civic agency-led programmes that have nothing to do with DMK.

The claim that Chief Minister Stalin “planted” these trees or that their bloom is a DMK achievement is misleading and factually inaccurate, at least with respect to the National Highway corridors prominently featured in the viral video.

What makes this claim even more unbelievable is that the same DMK government that has been pouring in money to clean up Cooum river is at it for the past so many decades, but the river is getting worse by the day. Had they put in even a little bit of effort, people would have even believed the lie that DMK government planted the alleged “Sakura” trees.

Yet again, the sticker that the Dravidianists tried to apply on a beautification step taken by the central government falls off in no time.

 

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