Dear Maniji, I am very sorry to hear the sad incidence. This tree fall is happening in most of the cities. We use to see the same in Bangalore as well. What I think is that most of the trees are standing solitary and they are not getting support from others (when we become old we need to get a hand of support know!). How plant overcome (especially trees with softwood) this situation. In the forest trees are interlinked by the canopy and they support each other from falling due to high wind. Here, solitary trees that are standing alone (most of the avenue trees are softwood in nature) are prone to fell apart due to hurricane. Further soil erosion due to irresponsible management. What I saw in China was that they make protective shield around the base of each (avenue)trees with hard stones (concreted shields were also there) around the trees to protect the soil near the tree base. We have nothing, authorities are waiting for trees to fell down (they dont bothered about any damage happened or not) so that there would not be any agitation from environmentalists/ tree lovers who want to protect the trees. If the authority want to cut a tree they know that they need to face environmentalists/ tree lovers. I think protection (of soil and interlinking by planting trees closer once the first planted trees reached a certain height) has to be taken care when there is a tree planted along road side. There is no proper management for trees along road side in our cities (I wonder only in cities?).
Regards Giby On Jul 20, 9:18 am, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > There was a news day before yesterday that in Mumbai one young lady and her > daughter died due to the falling of a tree on them. Very sad news. Because > of no falt of theirs they have to suffer. Our Municipality and the theatre > owners are passing the buck. Last year also so many trees fell during the > monsoon in Mumbai and that too big strong trees are falling. What could be > the reason other than strong wind for the falling of trees ? and what we can > do from our end to protect them ? Please help. > > Regards, > > Mani Nair
