MC starts pruning overgrown trees in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, September 5

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The Municipal Corporation has started pruning trees covering street lights. The move follows the August 30 Chandigarh Tribune report, ‘City roads go dark as overgrown trees envelop street lights’.

Branches of trees cover the lights leaving roads in darkness. Overgrown trees were pruned in Sector 32 and 33 today.

“It was a long pending issue and residents were inconvenienced due to it. Non-illuminated roads facilitated snatchings and petty crimes,” said Jagdeep Mahajan, president of the Sector 32 and 33 welfare society.

Though the city roads are covered by LED light points, some roads remained dark after dusk as overgrown trees covered the light points. There are several such spots in the city. — TNS