India, May 13 -- Residents of Gulmohar Colony and Juhu Scheme - localities prized for their tree-lined streets - have managed to halt reckless tree pruning by civic contractors and are now working with the BMC to ensure a more measured approach to pre-monsoon trimming. What's more, they are also attempting to restore some of the neighbourhood's lost green cover.

The initiative was launched after citizens documented what they described as indiscriminate and excessive pre-monsoon trimming along several streets in the Juhu Scheme area.

Residents said aggressive trimming is leaving trees deformed and structurally imbalanced. According to architect and urban designer, Samarth Das, who is leading the citizens' initiative under the 'Keep Juhu ...