‘Choked by concrete’: Delhi HC asks MCD, tree officer to preserve 300-year-old banyan tree

While acknowledging remedial actions taken by the authorities, the court noted that the platform around the tree had not been removed to meet the support requirements of the tree

Withering heights: A 300-year-old banyan tree faces the axe

Standing tall since Bahadur Shah Zafar’s time, a Banyan tree in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk is on the verge of perishing due to unauthorised construction. Its only hope of survival is a court battle