TRIMMERS SHAVE OFF TREES PMC for permission to trim branches of 25 trees but the contractor chopped off the trunk of six beyond permissible limits. Concerned residents immediately alerted the civic body to save the rest The authority becomes mute spectators when it comes to violation of the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection Preservation of Trees Act. With this approach, the city’s greenery diminishes rapidly and alarmingly. Just to extract the precious wood, the officials have virtually allowed the timber mafia to rule and finish whatever little is remaining of the green cover — the only source of fresh and natural oxygen on this planet.