Just 24 hours after a 250-year-old tree fell inside the Carmel Convent School premises in Sector 9, killing a student, another fell on the boundary wall near Government Model Middle School, Manimajra. Modern Housing Complex on Saturday. No one was injured in the incident.
As per the description, the school was closed, hence deserted, being the second Saturday, when the tree crashed at around 5 pm. The school watchman noticed the tree falling and immediately informed the school principal, who further alerted the city councilor of the area and the horticulture department of the UT administration. The tree that fell on Saturday was under the jurisdiction of the horticulture branch of the UT Municipal Corporation.
“Today a major tragedy was averted as the school was closed as it was the second Saturday and the incident took place in the evening. The tree was located outside the school premises but it fell on the boundary wall. I took information about the incident from the watchman and informed the area councilor and other officials. The tree is in a public park and our school shares a boundary with the park. No one is reported injured in the incident,” said a school teacher requesting anonymity. Sources said that a team from the Horticulture Wing of Chandigarh Administration later reached the spot and started the process of removing the damaged tree.
Baldev Raj, junior engineer, UT’s horticulture department, said, “As soon as the incident was reported, we sent a team to remove the tree. Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds can be a reason for the uprooting of trees. This area comes under the jurisdiction of UT civic body but my team was already present in the area. The damaged tree will be removed within three hours.
Notably, hours after Hirakshi, a student of Carmel Convent School, died on Friday after a tree fell, Chandigarh’s home secretary, Nitin Yadav, ordered a survey of all private and government schools to identify vulnerable trees inside the campus. was.
The UT administration had also swung into action and started pruning the weak trees located on the roadside on Saturday itself. At least five trees were cut and two were cut between Kala Gram Light Point and Housing Board Light Point on Saturday. “The requests/suggestions for pruning these vulnerable trees were pending for the last seven months,” the sources said.