Overview
- The BMC said Wednesday the citywide tree count will start next week and take about 1.5 years to complete.
- Staff finished a day-long training at Byculla zoo on scientific pruning and how to record trees for the census.
- Garden superintendent Jitendra Pardeshi said experts and modern technology will support the enumeration.
- The civic body has marked more than 45,000 trees for trimming before the rains to lower the chance of falling branches.
- Mumbai usually runs a tree census every five years, but COVID delays pushed the schedule after the 2018 count logged about 33.7 lakh trees including Aarey Colony.