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Bandra residents accuse fair contractor of illegal tree cutting, poisoning
Updated On: 09 September, 2025 12:40 PM IST | Mumbai | Eshanpriya MS
Bandra residents complain to BMC, police, alleging contractor overshot civic approval and poisoned, cut down trees for the fair
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The trees that residents say were allegedly poisoned (right) The shamiana that is being erected for the fair. PICS/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Residents of Bandra West have complained to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Bandra police regarding the alleged cutting of trees on the grounds of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount for the construction of a shamiana (tent/pandal) for the Bandra Fair.
They alleged that the trees were first poisoned and then cut by a contractor engaged for the fair. The complaint was filed with the BMC and Mumbai police by Rupesh Gomes and John Manuel Fernandez, both residents of the area. While the civic body had granted permission to cut four trees on the church premises for fair-related preparations, residents alleged that the trees were deliberately poisoned by the contractor to ensure they could be completely felled.
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