Cyclone Gaja has destroyed 3,000 trees planted by late green activist Maram Thangasamy on his 30 acres of land in Senthangudi village in Tamil Nadu. Thangasamy, who passed away in September aged 81, had planted lakhs of saplings across the state. He also planted them to mark significant occasions, including 100 teak saplings when ex-CM MG Ramachandran died in 1987.