India, June 26 -- A day after the monsoon's arrival exposed the city's vulnerability to tree falls and as many as 113 incidents of tree/ branch collapse were reported, including one in which a car was reduced to a heap of rubble, corporators across party lines on Thursday demanded that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) make tree trimming free of charge for citizens and take greater responsibility for maintaining trees across the city .

The issue dominated discussions in the civic body's general body meeting, with elected representatives questioning the administration's accountability in light of recent tree- branch collapse incidents.

Raising the matter under the notice of section 66 (B) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Ac...