The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has kick-started its action plan to classify Mumbai’s trees by risk level and create a database of their health, age, and structural condition.

The decision comes in the wake of the death of 11-year-old Vihaan Shrivastava, who was killed after a 60-year-old tree collapsed on a school bus ferrying 13 children in Chembur on June 30, and is part of administrative measures to be taken to prevent such mishaps. Between June 22 and July 17, 2026, 902 trees were uprooted, and 1251 branches fell across public areas in Mumbai.