To help tackle the menace of falling trees in the city, the residents of Colaba and Cuffe Parade and their elected representatives will start a tree audit this weekend.

A mechanised audit of the trees of ward 226 and 227 has been scheduled for this Saturday at 11.30 am. The event will be flagged by member of legislative council, Rahul S Narvekar and BJP corporator from Colaba, Makarand Narvekar. This audit has been initiated by Colaba Advanced Locality Management and My Dream Colaba with local corporators. It will be carried out by a private company which will be using advanced machines to ascertain the strength of the trees.