Updated On: 25 October, 2012 07:34 AM IST | | Chetna Sadadekar
Residents of areas in Borivli and Bandra were shocked to see trees in the vicinity being not only pruned, but claim that the workers were hacking away the thickest of branches.
Over 40 trees in the two areas faced drastic trimming at the hands of contractors given licence by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to handle the task and residents of these areas are seeing red.

Axe effect: Branches of a tree in LIC Colony in Borivali (West) that were hacked