Tree branch damages three cars and poles in Phase 6

Tree branch damages three cars and poles in Phase 6

Harshabab Sidhu
Nabaz-e-Punjab, Mohali, July 26:
About 50 feet long branch of a tree standing roadside suddenly broke by its own weight and fell on the cars parked outside the houses in Phase 6 here.
As a result, three cars were damaged and two electricity poles along with wires were broken led to power supply disruption in the area for hours. This caused a lot of trouble for the residents of Phase 6.
Former councilor of the area, RP Sharma said that a Alto, a Honda City and three Hyundai i10 cars were badly damaged. Later, Powercom’s JE Ranjit Singh reached the spot and took up the task of repairing broken poles and power lines.
He said that the residents have been tackling with this problem for a long time. Complaints have been lodged with the higher authorities on several occasions and the issue has been raised in the house meetings but so far the tall trees have not been pruned.
Accusing the rulers of political vendetta, he said the situation would not have arisen today if the government had not banned the purchase of foreign tree pruning machines.
He said that even before this there was a big catastrophe due to strong winds.
“Perhaps the Mohali administration and the government are waiting for a major accident or major tragedy to occur in the area. Only then steps will be taken,” said RP Sharma.