PANJIM, Feb. 16 -- Team Herald

Sounding pessimistic on the survival of the age-old banyan tree at Vadakade, Porvorim, environmentalists said that the State just does not have the expertise to transplant or translocate huge trees, since all five transplanted trees are in a precarious state.

A joint inspection to initiate measures to save and protect the banyan tree at Vodakade is scheduled on Tuesday, February 18,

As per the directives of the High Court, the joint inspection will be carried out by the officials of Forest Department and representatives of Doctor Trees, landscape designer and ecological consultant Parag Mody, PWD, road contractor and the petitioner Aaron Victor E Fernandes.

The inspection report will be submitted to the ...