Environmentalist activists argue that the manner of tree trimming is weakening their roots. Meanwhile, 356 trees and 514 branches have fallen across the city in the last 43 days.
For the third time in a row, the BMC has received bids 35-40 per cent below the estimates for a Rs 40 crore tender invited for yearly maintenance of around 400 parks and gardens. The low bidding hasn’t gone down well with the corporators, who doubt that the contractors will be able to do quality work in the given estimates.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has claimed they have trimmed 90 per cent of the trees in Mumbai, out of the 1,04,070 marked for the procedure. A total of 89,230 trees have been trimmed so far and notices have been sent to 9,400 housing societies in this regard.