Trees are left in an unsafe condition, without any protective guards around them, alleged Worli residents, putting the blame on the civic body. The BMC claimed they are working on placing the tree guards. Santosh Gupta, a resident, said, “The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) repaired the footpath of Pandurang Budhkar Marg, during which they removed the walls around the trees. It has been four months since the repair work was completed, but tree protective guards have not been set up again, yet.”

“There are 40 such trees in the area. Is the BMC waiting for an accident to happen before they take the steps?” he said. “The civic body claims they are making the trees safe. They also started a move to save trees from concrete encroachment and nails. Then why have they been ignoring these trees for over four months?” asked Gupta.