Chandigarh environmentalists urge administration to halt practice of putting lights and using nails on trees
City-based environmentalists expressed contention regarding nails being hammered on trees by eating outlets,hotels and petrol pumps for putting up LED lights.
Objecting to the practice, several environmentalist asked the UT Administration to look into the matter and get the nails removed.
They said that trees have hundreds of nails are hammered on them, along with many lights and strong LEDs of 500 watts and above which are hung over the trees.
“It is not just dangerous for the trees but it is cold-blooded murder of the birds and small insects that the tree houses. It is against the eco system. Sparrows are almost extinct and the squirrels and parrots will go extinct too,” said Paveela Bali, an environmentalist.
