CHENNAI: A total of 1,115 trees inside Chennai city areas and another 1,000 trees in the forest areas have fallen after the Mandous cyclone in the city.
As per the assessment on Monday morning, the forest department officials said that about 800 trees in the Chengalpet social forestry division, 10 in Pallikaranai eco park, 100 on Chengalpet chennai highway and 100 in Kilpakkam Urban forestry plantations have fallen. About 5% of them have roots intact and will be replanted, the district forest officer, Shanmugam told TOI.
