Save century-old banyan tree: commissioner Tree obstructing work on Pindi Ring Road project Rawalpindi commissioner asks NesPak to finalise design of 38-kilometres-long ring road from Rawat to Thalian on the Motorway. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE RAWALPINDI: An over a century old banyan tree has to be saved, even at the cost of diverting the route of Rawalpindi Ring Road project. Rawalpindi Commissioner Muhammad Mahmood on Monday directed the consultant Nespak to conduct a survey of the interchange to save a more than a century old banyan tree coming in way of Radio Pakistan Interchange of Rawalpindi Ring Road Track. Chairing a project review meeting, the commissioner said an engineering solution should be found to save this dense ancient tree.