Tree branch falls, damages cars, electricity poles in Phase VI

Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 26

Around 50-ft-long branch of a tree in front of a house in Phase VI suddenly fell and damaged three parked cars here today.

Two electricity poles were also damaged leading to the disruption of power in the area for more than four hours. This inconvenienced the Phase VI residents.

RP Sharma, former MC councillor of the area, said an Alto, a Honda City and three Hyundai i10 cars were badly damaged.

He said the residents had been facing this problem since long as this was the third such incident in the past six months. He said several complaints had been lodged with the higher authorities and the issue was also raised in the MC House meetings, but nothing had been done to prune tall trees in the area.

Later, Ranjit Singh, junior engineer of the Powercom, took up the task of repairing broken poles and power lines.

Accusing the ruling party of political vendetta, Sharma said the situation would not have arisen today if the government had not banned the purchase of foreign tree pruning machines. He said even before this, there was a big catastrophe due to heavy rains and strong winds that lashed the region. “The Mohali administration and the government are waiting for a major tragedy to happen,” Sharma added. — TNS