nagpur next time when you complain about branches of trees spreading up to your window be careful the concerned authorities might just chop the entire tree rather than trimming the branches thats what happened at the residential society of public works department pwd situated at mangalwari on friday evening where fivesix trees of gulmohar chichbilai english tamarind and some other species were badly chopped by the pwd officials without taking permission from nagpur municipal corporation nmc the work of cutting down the tress was stopped when residents started opposing but by then some were already hacked down while returning home from work i noticed few men cutting trees inside our compound when i inquired a junior pwd engineer said that they received complaint from some residents regarding branches entering their windows when we asked if they had taken permission from the civic body they had no answer informed a resident ashok bhalerao it was only after the residents gathered and created a scene that the pwd officials vacated the place another resident milind dabrase pointed out that the trees were more than 25 years old and had sentiments attached with them if the branches were creating problems for few residents they should have trimmed it rather than uprooting the trees this sends a wrong message and shows that civic departments are not concerned about protection of environment he said speaking to toi pwds assistant engineer gowardhan gedam said that they carried out the process after receiving complaint from a resident however he blatantly denied that trees have been completely chopped despite being informed that toi has photographs of the chopped trees we just cut some extra branches as they were entering the windows of some residents we dont need to take permission from nmc for cutting some branches he said however under the maharashtra urban areas preservation of trees act 1975 even chopping of branches need nod from nmcs garden department confirming this nmcs garden inspector anant nagmote said that a show cause notice will be issued to the pwd officials after which necessary action will be taken