Its really a bad treatment to the lone-live-witness of the enlightment of the Great Gautam Budhha...
And that is why this tree is also great in the sense that it has stood for last 2550 yrs to tell this testimony to the whole world...
Here Bihar Govt. in general and the Temple-association in particular is culprit... as they have no sense of preserving the heritage of historical value and of religious sentiments...
Moreover people overthere will have to take more responsibility in general to recognise their duties and in particular to fight againt Govt. red-tapism...
I believe this tree is assosiated with some UN-Organisation for its look after. Are they listening???