Under the pretext of the monsoon season, 163 trees were chopped off by the garden department of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Three trees, deemed dangerous for public safety, were uprooted entirely while work is pending to uproot six more trees.
After AMC decided to chop off 80 trees for the construction of the Panjrapol flyover, a total of 272 unsafe trees were to be felled in seven zones by the garden department.
Moreover, a total of 162 dead and dried trees will also be felled by the AMC out of which 157 have already been cut off. 261 trees were trimmed, with 11 trees remaining to be trimmed.
Notably, there have been incidents of trees falling on parked vehicles, commuters, and pedestrians during the monsoon. To avert such incidents, the AMC has chopped off many trees across the city.