The trees, which are native to America, are around 25 to 30-feet tall. One of the best places to take a good look at the flowers is near Vikhroli on the Eastern Express Highway, as there are several trees planted along that road. Individual trees and tree clusters can also be spotted in Borivali, Powai, Sion, and other areas including Nerul and Belapur.

As per Jitendra Pardeshi, Superintendent, Gardens, these plants flower between December and February, in Mumbai these have flowered in March. The flowers are pink with a yellow neck and are in the shape of trumpets, from which the tree gets its name. “Mumbai has a total of 29.75 lakh trees, of which 6,580 are pink trumpets,” he said.

“A lot of people mistake these for cherry trees, which also have pink blossoms. We have been seeing these trees in Mumbai for years now, but its interesting to see the sudden interest that people have developed in them in the past few years,” said a botanist associated with a government-aided college.

Sanjay gupta said that the BMC should use social media to share more information about such flowering trees. “In fact, in every garden setup by the BMC, there should be boards with information about flowering plants and the season of flowering, so that people can enjoy seeing them in full bloom,” he said.

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The toilet, located in the Sector 50 market, was inaugurated by Noida Authority Chairman Alok Tandon and CEO Ritu Maheshwari.

“This ‘Pink Toilet’ has essentially been made keeping in mind the needs of women and girls. It will be open from 8 in the morning to 8 in the night and will be absolutely free of cost,” Maheshwari said.

“There is a vending machine for sanitary napkins in the toilet as well and it also has a proper disposal system for the used ones,” she said. Maheshwari, who had joined as NOIDA CEO last month, had directed the public health department for constructing ‘Pink Toilets’

“More such toilets will come up in the city soon and their location is being surveyed. Ten more such toilets are expected to come up within the next two months,” she added.

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