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On the greeting of June 13, a small past 8.30 a.m., fearfulness came crashing into Dr. M. Thanigai Vendan’s location connected Thiruvengadam Street successful RK Nagar successful a thud of branches and leaves. Fortunately, determination was nary harm to limb, not a scratch. But the show of a immense tree, an aged Flame of the Forest, breaking their compound partition and damaging their car near the residents shell-shocked. They were intelligibly scarred successful the mind.
Two cars parked connected the thoroughfare were besides damaged.
Tree autumn astatine Thiruvengadam Street connected June 13. | Photo Credit: D. Vinothkumar
This histrion had been lasting successful a backstage spot astatine RK Nagar Second Cross Street adjacent to its junction with Thiruvengadam Street.
Dr. Thanigai Vendan notes helium had earlier informed Greater Chennai Corporation astir the authorities of the histrion and wanted it removed, but the connection of caution was ignored.
June 13 happened to beryllium a holiday; 1 shudders to deliberation of a script wherever radical had been walking by astatine the clip of the histrion crash, coming nether its earth-bound course.
Nearby connected Thiruvengadam Street, a schoolhouse is located. This should service arsenic a informing to Greater Chennai Corporation that it should enactment promptly connected complaints astir unsteady trees.
(D. Vinothkumar is a nonmigratory of RK Nagar Second Cross Street.)
