The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sent notices to 4,622 societies and government and private entities stating that trees on their premises must be trimmed before the monsoon. But activists and residents have sought concessions in tree-trimming charges from the civic body. Though the demand has been longstanding, the corporation does not have a policy about supporting citizens’ efforts to plant and care for trees on their premises. 

According to the tree census conducted in 2017, there are approximately 29.75 lakh trees in the area under the municipal corporation’s jurisdiction. Out of these, 15.63 lakh are on the premises of private institutions while 11.25 lakh stand around government buildings and establishments.