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21 teams to clear uprooted trees

Last Updated 09 September 2017, 18:57 IST

The forest cell of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) formed 21 teams on Saturday to clear uprooted trees across the city due to heavy rain on Friday.

Since most of the uprooted trees were huge, it was difficult for workers to remove all of them in one day.

A tree which fell on the house of one Venkat Gurunath near the KR Market Metro station could not be removed since it was too huge.

Gurunath said, “There were not enough people to cut the tree. They said they will clear the tree by Sunday.”

Trees uprooted

South 120

East 33

West 35

Bommanahalli 12

Mahadevapura 06

RR Nagar 03

Yelahanka 06

Dasarahalli 06

145 poles uprooted

On Saturday, Bescom replaced 116 of the 145 electric poles that were damaged and uprooted. The rest will be replaced on Sunday. Bescom also received at least 6,000 complaints about power interruptions from 7 pm on Friday to 7 pm on Saturday.

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(Published 09 September 2017, 18:57 IST)

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