The BBMP Commissioner G Kumar Naik has directed the Palike officials to avail the services of Home Guards, personnel from Fire and Emergency Services and Civil Defence to remove the trees.
The directions were issued during a meeting held on May 3. Palike Joint Commissioner (South) Hemachandra, who was present at the meeting, said that the commissioner also gave permission to hire people and trucks for transporting logs. The commissioner has allotted a tractor and ten workers for each ward to remove the fallen trees, he said.
While the commissioner was unavailable for comments, Palike officials said that a total of 400 Home Guards and 200 civil defence personnel had been deployed to clear the trees uprooted due to heavy rains.
Published 04 May 2015, 19:10 IST