Representative image MUMBAI: The BMC will, in a first, carry out a scientific risk assessment of trees next month to assess the precarious condition of trees to mitigate risk of a fall and consequent damage to life and property. This comes in the wake of the number of lives that have been lost due to tree fall. The BMC is enrolling arborist Vaibhav Raje for the job and a pilot project will begin in south Mumbai’s D ward — Malabar Hill, Tardeo and Gamdevi. An arborist, or a tree surgeon, is a professional in the practice of cultivation and management of trees. Until now, the task of pruning tree branches was given to contractors who have no expertise in tree-cutting.