Coconuts, branches cut at Mani Bhavan to prevent mishap during Obama visit
As a precautionary measure, authorities at Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi used to stay during his visits to the city, asked the local civic body to cut down branches and coconuts from the trees.
In a bid to prevent any mishap, branches and coconut from a tree at Mani Bhavan in South Mumbai, where President Barack Obama will visit on November 6, have been removed.
As a precautionary measure, authorities at Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi used to stay during his visits to the city, asked the local civic body to cut down branches and coconuts from the tree.
"We requested the ward officer to remove the branches as they kept falling and coconuts had become dry. We thought it would be better to get them removed," Mani Bhavan executive secretary Meghshyam Ajgaonkar told PTI.
Following the request, civic workers from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) removed them yesterday.