Now BMC are planning to set a committee on this!!! Now committee member will go around the city and decide what to cut (pruning) and what to not cut...
I feel, this all should have done before monsoon. Hope they dont repeat the same mistake next year!! regards, On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:58 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Satyendra ji, Giby ji, Madhuri ji and Yazdy ji for your reply. Yes > you are right Yazdy ji, we have to accept what is not in our hands. I think > if we had done the things correctly and on time and the accident happened, > we have a satisfaction that we have done our bit and therefore it was not > due to our fault, but here the authorities are simply passing the bucks. I > think the main problem is due to the digging by Telephone and Gas > authorities. They cut the roots and do not bother to cover the digged > portion with mud thus exposing the roots to the elements. The second > reason could be more exotic trees like Gulmohar are planted whose roots do > not go very deep. Yes Yazdy ji, in our Society's compound trees I do > whatever I can do myself like putting soil around the trees and trimming the > old branches etc. but that is very little. > > Mr. Gibby's reason also is true as in forests trees are interlinked thus > helping each other and the roots also go very deep. Also there should be > proper pruning done at the right time i..e. before monsoon starts, but here > everything starts after the accident !!. Even they do the pruning they cut > half of the tree and very difficult for the tree to survive. > Madhuri ji, I received your mail and I am planning to attend the camp. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
