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Aurangabad: The dumping of mixed waste at Kanchanwadi by the civic administration has costed nearly 20 neem trees to wither. Previously, the civic body had chopped down around 80-100 trees at Harsul.Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been dumping mixed waste for the last 10 to 11 months at Kanchanwadi. The trees which were surrounded with waste demonstrated the rot while the others remained green.Moreover, apart from spoiling the trees, AMC’s waste management has also chopped several fruit trees in Harsul Sawangi. The municipal corporation had earlier stated that it would process the waste dumped at Kanchanwadi and not engage in indiscriminate dumping at the site. As the roots of the trees are covered, the oxygen content depleted and harmful insects ate up the roots or damaged the base trunk,” said Badjate.Notably, this is not the first time that trees have been forced to bear the brunt of waste dumping..