Thimmakka celebrated her 111th birthday on June 30, 2022 at Dr BR Ambedkar Bhavan in Bengaluru.
Saalumarada Thimmakka was honoured with a cabinet rank on her 111th birthday by Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai and was also made an environment ambassador.
Padma Shri awardee Saalumarada Thimmakka was appointed as Karnataka environment ambassador with a government cabinet rank on Friday by Basavaraj Bommai-led government.
The 111-year-old environmentalist is known for planting 385 banyan trees and 8,000 other trees over 80 years. She was conferred with the Padma Shri in 2019.
Born in Gubbi taluk, Tumkur, she was a labourer at a quarry and found solace in planting trees with her husband.
Saalumarada Thimmakka is also known as Aala Marada Thimmakka. This environmentalist from the state of Karnataka. She is known for her work in planting and tending to 385 banyan trees along a forty-five-kilometre stretch of highway between Hulikal and Kudur. She has also planted nearly 8000 other trees.
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