The garden department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued 318 notices to various civic departments for damaging trees while carrying out concreting and other work. Also, the garden department has filed police complaints in connection with seven tree-collapse incidents.

The garden department started auditing the state of roadside trees last week. During this exercise, officials found that in more than 318 spots, trees were damaged due to civil work from October last year to date. In many places, trees are tilted due to root damage. The highest number of notices, 64, have been issued in Goregaon, followed by 55 in Bandra West and 45 in Malad. According to sources, notices were sent to mostly the roads and stormwater drains department. “These departments will take further action,” officials said.