“The target is to completed the census in the next three to four months. Details about the trees will be made available once the counting is complete. We will also get information about carbon emissions,” said Ashok Ghorpade, head of the civic body’s garden department.

As per PMC officials, the civic body has planned to conduct a geo-enabled tree census survey and plot the same on the city map. A private IT firm has been assigned the task to develop a survey dashboard, which should be cross-browser and cross-platform compatible. This will give the garden department a holistic view of the survey work being conducted within the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) jurisdiction. The dashboard provides an idea about current progress of the project, status of quality checks, layout of different varieties/species, and distribution under different wards.

PMC officials said that citizens can also participate in the survey either by physically submitting information about trees by visiting the garden department office or by uploading the data online. Citizens can visit PMC’s official website to share the information.

He added that the 2013 census had revealed that 38.60 lakh trees were found in the city. The number is expected to cross 40 lakh during the current survey.