Summary:
Even in the last monsoon, two-thirds of the incidents of tree collapsing occurred on private land, where tree trimming was the responsibility of the owners. Total 11.25 lakh trees are on government areas and 1.1 lakh trees are in the gardens. BMC has sanctioned contract of Rs 45 crores per year for tree trimming. BMC charged private housing societies and institute to trim the trees. So it should provide tree trimming in subsidised rates as small housing societies can't afford it," said Abhijeet Samant, corporator and member of Tree Authority..