As Cyclone Tauktae tore through Mumbai on Monday, a Peddar Road banyan tree became a casualty. The landmark that threw its roots on the buzzing South Mumbai road, was uprooted from its base at Nalanda building. It broke the wall and gates and crashed down.

For residents, some of whom grew up with the tree, “The loss was deep and emotional. If there is some solace, there was no loss of life or property,” they said.
The locals were so attached to the tree that they wanted to give it another shot at life. A day after the wind went howling past Mumbai, and the rains died down, the community ensured that the tree was loaded into a truck and carried to Priyadarshini Park (PDP) at Napean Sea Road where it was transplanted.