Cyclone Ditwah: branches of a diseased tree cut for safety on busy road in Chennai

Member of Chennai District Green Committee T.D. Babu remarks: “The trees on C.P. Ramaswamy Salai are subjected to great stress: the cementing around them makes them weak; and the lights placed on them to draw attention to commercial establishments do not contribute positively to their health either. On this road, sometime ago, a commercial establishment had to be pulled up for abusing a tree. This Elephant earpod tree looks diseased and could have suffered abuse too. What has befallen this tree should set off alarm bells loud enough for Greater Chennai Corporation to hear: regular monitoring of tree health matters. And GCC should be proactive and prevent damage to the trees on its roads.”