Residents put up this banner outside Shailja Apartments at Pali Hill. Pic/Datta Kumbhar

The residents of Pali Hill and BMC officials have been at loggerheads ever since a 35-year-old tree outside Shailja Apartments was felled last week. The residents have mounted a silent protest against what they have called the tree's "murder". While civic officials said the tree was "very dangerous", the residents claim the tree posed no risk, and it was axed without their knowledge.