A new tourist attraction has emerged in Arunachal in the form of a giant 100 year old rubber tree.
The Forest department declared the tree as the largest tree in the state.
Locally known as "Atang Ane", the rubber tree with a girth of 59.3 metres was located near the remote Kallek Village in East Siang district's Kebang circle under Yingkiong Forest Division.
The tree is situated in the sub-tropical forest range at 28 degrees north latitude and 95 degrees east longitude. Its elevation is measured up to 648 metres.
To add to the tourism potential of the state a plan was mooted by Governor JJ Singh under which the largest tree in the state was identified.
The Governor had last month awarded Rs 15,000 to Takom Tamuk, a resident of the village, and Rs 10,000 to Rai Yayer, another villager, for locating the second largest tree a banyan tree with a girth of 17 metres at Kankar Nallah near Nirjuli under Banderdewa forest division in Papum Pare district.
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