“The park was flooded when we received rain a few months ago but it was pumped out by the local body immediately. But, after the rain in November, the authorities left the part flooded. A 15-year-old neem tree starting to wither as it is staking in the pool of water. Saplings that were planted not long before the monsoon are also rotting away,” said Sunil Jayaram of Chitlapakkam Rising, an NGO.