It has been observed that the construction material lying near the under-construction Dahisar-Andheri East Metro Line 7 station is posing a threat to a heritage banyan tree.

On Thursday, mid-day visited the stretch of the construction site near the Western Express Highway in Jogeshwari East, close to Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Centre, and found a very old banyan tree. The heritage tree was surrounded by construction material, stones, gravel and traces of concrete. If the same is not cleared at the earliest then it might harm the health of the tree. However, it seems the concerned contractor is least bothered about protecting that heritage tree.