he said, "I've asked the concerned tree officer of the ward to initiate appropriate action."

The store has denied the allegations. Nikita Munde, who is the manager of the women's section of the outlet said, "We do not have anything to do with the trees that are allegedly dead outside our showroom. That might have happened before it was opened in May 2017."

2014 deja vu

This is not the first time that such an incident has come to light. On April 7, 2014, mid day had reported in, 'Rain trees in Mumbai being killed by poison, say activists,' about tree activists alleging that rain trees are being systematically killed in the city, so that they can be used for wood. A nature lover, along with an environment activist, had foundthat some trees had been drilled into for injecting chemicals near the Kach Pada bus stop on Link Road, Malad West) An FIR was lodged about the same at Bangur Nagar police station.

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