Summary:
Deputy director of the Horticulture Department, Cubbon Park, G Kusuma told TNIE that the last contractor ran away, leaving the job half done. He did not even clear the area of the bamboo trees that were cut down. “The department is struggling to protect dead bamboo trees and find labourers to axe the clumps. V Sundar Naik from Bamboo Society of India said that the society was willing to help them find companies and people who use bamboo. He said that since dry bamboo was inflammable, decisions needed to be taken at the earliest..