Summary:
In an initiative to keep the surroundings green and away from pollution in Chandigarh, the environmentalists have sought necessary instructions for the removal of nails and signboards from trees.
They have also asked all to spread the message of green as only trees can help to reduce air pollution and provide healthy air to breathe.
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In an initiative to keep the surroundings green and away from pollution in Chandigarh, the environmentalists have sought necessary instructions for the removal of nails and signboards from trees.
They have also asked all to spread the message of green as only trees can help to reduce air pollution and provide healthy air to breathe.
In a letter to the Adviser to the Administrator, the Environment Society of India stated that a large number of shopkeepers, cable operators, parking contractors, the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking, advertisers, and other agencies were damaging trees by wrapping decorative lights, electrical wires, steel/iron cables around these and by fixing advertisement boards and signboards using nails and other material.
‘Fairy lights cause max damage’
Fairy lights chained around trees mess up with the flowering cycle and also affect birds.
Fairy lights are far more concentrated and closer to the trees, which cause them maximum damage. NK Jhingan, Secy, Environment Society of India Society felt that this could damage the bark of the trees or even prevent their growth.
“When we drive a screw or nail into the bark of trees, we are exposing the extremely delicate cambium, xylem, and phloem to bacteria, viruses, bugs, and fungi.
While our tree will most likely survive this wound, it isn’t a great risk to take.
This is especially true in the case of a young, new tree and an already diseased tree,” said NK Jhingan, secretary of the society.
He said, “Fairy lights chained around trees mess up the flowering cycle and affect birds also.