Colombo Municipal Council Commissioner Bhadrani Jayawardena said that 59 tree falls have been reported in the jurisdiction of the CMC within the past week due to the strong winds.
She said that 19 of these incidents were reported from Vihara Maha Devi Park in Colombo.
She also said that many other tree falling incidents have been reported along the main roads.
Engineer Manoj Ranasinghe, Director of Urban Land Management and Environmental Development at the Colombo Municipal Council, said that the large Mara trees on both sides of the roads in the jurisdiction of the CMC are more than 150 years old and some of those trees have fallen.
Hundreds of trees in the jurisdiction of the Colombo Municipal Council, which may affect people’s lives, have been removed, he said.
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