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BMC to compensate victims of tree collapse

Tuesday, 28 September 2010 11:28 administrator
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Indian Express   28.09.2010

BMC to compensate victims of tree collapse

Express News Service Tags : compensate, victim, tree collapse Posted: Tue Sep 28 2010, 00:19 hrs

MUmbai:  After repeated incidents of tree collapse, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to compensate the victims. In the general body meeting of the civic body on Monday, corporators approved the new policy according to which the kin of a person who dies due to a tree collapse will receive Rs 1 lakh while those who suffer from a life-long deformity will be given Rs 50,000. Those who get minor injuries will get free treatment in civic hospitals.  

Vilas Chavri, a member of the tree authority committee, said since many citizens have been injured due to tree collapse, it is important to formulate a compensation policy for them. “The BMC does not have enough manpower to keep a tab on all the trees in the city. But we have asked the gardens department to carry out regular pruning especially before the monsoon when there are greater chances of tree collapse,” said Chavri. The policy was formulated by the tree authority committee and was approved by the general body.

Deputy municipal commissioner (gardens) Chandrashekhar Rokde said, “We are short of staff and machinery but plans are on to acquire better machines and keep a check on trees not only on BMC land but also on private premises,” said Rokade.  

As many as three persons have suffered serious injuries after branches of a tree fell on them this monsoon. One person died after a large jamun tree fell on him near the general post office on September 7.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 September 2010 11:30
 

CMC to introduce paper bags

Thursday, 23 September 2010 04:48 administrator
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The Hindu     23.09.2010

CMC to introduce paper bags

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18,000 cloth bags to be distributed

The cost of each bag is Rs. 2.30

SIRSI: Sirsi City Municipal Council on Wednesday decided to introduce cloth and paper bags in the market as a step towards banning plastic carry bags.

At a meeting of the city municipal council here, CMC president Ravi Chandavar said that traders and people of the city had expressed their willingness to use cloth and paper bags.

Plastic carry bags had been banned in Karwar, Dandeli, Yellapur and Siddapur city municipal council limits, he said.

Mr. Ravi Chandavar said 18,000 cloth bags would be distributed in the market, schools and colleges as the first step.

The cost of each bag was Rs. 2.30.

In due course, the use of cloth and paper bags would be made mandatory, the CMC president said.

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 September 2010 04:50
 

Garden dept lists trees that can be planted in city

Friday, 17 September 2010 11:38 administrator
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The Times of Times     17.09.2010

Garden dept lists trees that can be planted in city

PUNE: The garden department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), in consultation with biodiversity expert and botanist S D Mahajan, has come up with a new list of native trees that can be planted in the city.

Ashok Ghorpade, garden superintendent, PMC, told TOI that of the 115 plants named in the list, five were exotic. "This list acts as a guideline for citizens who would like to plant trees. The five exotic trees, too, are suitable to the climate and are ornamental as well,'' he said.

Mahajan said that a few names of native trees were added and some exotic trees were removed from the preliminary list. There are also a few exceptions; trees that have been planted in the city for a long time known as naturalised' trees have been retained in the list.

"Exotic trees are invasive and disturb the ecological balance. They do not associate with the local fauna and the ecosystem. For example, birds do not nest in gulmohar trees. Also, honey bees do not visit eucalyptus trees,'' he said. At present, the city has more exotic species of trees (not native to a particular place) than native species. Mahajan stressed that more native trees should be planted as they provide diverse habitats and food sources, unlike exotic species.

During heavy rainfall in the month of November 2009, around 150 trees were uprooted. Of these 140 were exotic and a majority of these uprooted trees included subabul and gulmohar, he said.

In his book Aapale Vriksha' (Our Trees) Mahajan describes the importance of native trees. The new list has been uploaded on the PMC's website and put up on the notice board in the garden department. One can get the list from the department.

 
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