In last few days, many injuries and accidents were reported due to trees falling in Mumbai. Considering this, Mount Merry Resident’s Association with the help of a private agency carried out a survey of 190 trees where 49 trees were found infested.
The said association then tried trimming the dangerous trees but were stopped by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), informed Congress corporator Asif Zakaria.
On Saturday night, a 13-year-old girl died when a coconut tree fell on her in Dahisar. In the span of 24-hours, another tree fell in Dadar (W) where four people of the same family were injured. Another 20-year-old was injured as well when a tree fell on her where she suffered a back injury. She is now being treated at Hinduja Hospital.
Raut has demanded that the civic officials should bear her hospital expenses.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party corporator Raees Sheikh has demanded that the BMC should curate the information of trees which are on the verge of falling and should trim the same.
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Shiv Sena corporator Sanjay Ghadi demanded that the BMC should financially help the deceased girl's family. Nationalist Congress Party corporator Rekha Jadhav has demanded that cement and concrete should not be used around the trees as it leads to the weakening of the roots.
Arguing on the same point, Ravi Raja, leader of Opposition in BMC, demanded that a botanist must be appointed at every ward to keep a check on weakening trees and accordingly inform the officials. He also added that there should be a scientific method to correct these mishaps.
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