Like buildings, Mumbai’s trees to now be surveyed as ‘dangerous’, ‘very dangerous’ and ‘healthy’
While 11 managed to escape, an 11-year-old, Vihan Srivastava was killed in the mishap.
Amidst alarms over the rising cases of tree collapses, senior civic officials on Friday convened a meeting with horticulturists, botanists as well as biologists to ascertain ways to determine the factor behind the uprooting of trees.
During the meeting, the civic administration chalked plans to conduct a comprehensive survey across wards – through botanists and students – whether roadside trees will be scientifically classified into categories of healthy, very dangerous and dangerous. Accordingly, the survey will also entail creation of a separate database pertaining to the tree’s age, species, location, life span as well as structural stability.
In a bid to enhance awareness amongst citizens, the panel discussed the possibility to create a booklet entailing details about tree conservation, pruning, and overall care by citizens.
Amongst other suggestions mooted by experts included creation of an update SOP for tree pruning, and scientific analysis of tree roots.
The BMC also proposed plans for enhancing bamboo cultivation and creation of ‘biodiversity zones’ in barren pockets as a part of its preparation of an action plan for phase wise conservation of Mumbai’s trees.
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