According to citizens from various parts of the city, avenue trees illuminated with fairy lights are increasingly becoming popular and the civic agency must take strict action against the defaulters.
According to Sarina Sikkaligar, Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF), BBMP, citizens have recently filed many such complaints in the recent past, and the civic agency has taken up some of the cases and registered FIRs against the offenders. She also informed BM that no permission has been issued by the department to any shop owner in the city to axe trees or trim the branches.