Mahim residents have complained to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) about personnel from a construction site ramming iron rods into the trunks of nine old but healthy trees near Paradise Cinema on Bhagoji Keer Road. In response to the complaints, officials from the civic body’s G North ward inspected the site on Thursday morning and issued a warning to the developer to remove the rods.

The issue

On Wednesday night, residents of the area noticed workers installing steel sheets around a construction site and informed them not to damage trees surrounding the compound wall of the plot, noticing that the rods holding up the sheets would pass through the trees. However, on Thursday morning, it was noticed that a peepal tree on the periphery of the plot was affected due to the work. A non-governmental organisation (NGO) named Bombay Indigenous People’s Association (BIPA) from the area complained to the BMC about the issue.