BMC’s tree trimming and pruning has resulted in birds’ nests being exposed on the road opposite the BMC headquarters. Activists and bird experts are now demanding that tree trimming be conducted under expert supervision.

Bird nests are exposed to the elements and adversely affected because of the pre-monsoon trimming, said some locals. Birds are important in the overall ecosystem. Crows, for example work as scavengers, said an expert in a report in this paper. Yet, with the monsoon just days away, trimming and pruning is necessary, too.