India, May 28 -- If the local civic administration in Vikhroli had heeded residents' complaints and trimmed trees that needed pruning in a playground, Tejas Naidu, 26, may have been alive today. Naidu died on Monday night while sheltering under a tree in Ganesh Maidan in Vikhroli's Kannamwar Nagar, during Monday's downpour.

The incident occurred at around 8pm, when Naidu and two others ducked under the canopy of a partially decaying tree. As they waited for the rain to ease, the tree collapsed, striking Naidu, who was later declared dead at Godrej Hospital. The other two individuals escaped in time.

According to eyewitnesses and local residents, Naidu's death could have been prevented if the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) ga...