India, July 5 -- The city witnessed a surge in tree and branch falls on Saturday, with the BMC reporting more than 103 such incidents from Matunga, Khar, Chembur, Churchgate, Dadar, Malabar Hill, Peddar Road, the Gateway of India and several other neighbourhoods. The incidents come at a time when Mumbai is still reeling from the death of 11-year-old Vihaan Shrivastava, who was killed on Tuesday after a tree fell on his school bus.

At Malabar Hill, an old banyan tree collapsed on L D Ruparel Marg at around 2.45 pm. The fall damaged the boundary wall of an adjoining property and crushed a parked car. The driver, who was in the vehicle at the time, escaped unhurt according to residents.

In Matunga, 55-year-old Anita Shirke suffered injurie...