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Many of Bengaluru’s tree-lined avenues and boulevards are his legacy Urban forester and Indian Forest Service officer (retired) S.G. Neginhal, 93, who played a pioneering role in greening the city in the 1980s, succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday morning. He passed away a day after his 93rd birthday on Saturday. Most of the tree-lined avenues and boulevards in Bengaluru are the legacy of Mr. Neginhal. Unhappy at the loss of green cover due to growth of the city, then chief minister R. Gundu Rao had commissioned a greening campaign. The IFS officer was brought in to lead a special cell within the Forest Department to take up the assignment in 1981. In five years, he planted over 1.5 million trees. The campaign earned him so much fame that then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi got trees from Neginhal to plant in Shakti Sthal, the memorial for former prime minister Indira Gandhi. ....
Updated: May 02, 2021 15:30 IST Incidentally, he passed away a day after his 93rd birthday on Saturday. He is survived by four daughters and a son and their families. Share Article AAA S.G. Neginhal during a exhibition in Bangalore on September 07, 2012. | Photo Credit: V Sreenivasa Murthy Incidentally, he passed away a day after his 93rd birthday on Saturday. He is survived by four daughters and a son and their families. Visionary urban forester and former Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer S. G. Neginhal, 93, who played a pioneering role in greening the city facing growth pangs in the 1980s succumbed to COVID-19 in the city Sunday morning. ....
Express News Service BENGALURU: At 9.30am Sunday, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa set off on a 290-km drive to Belludi, close to Harihar, and reached after three hours. He participated in the anniversary celebrations of a mutt, and began his return journey to Bengaluru around 1.30pm, reaching after 4.30pm. A 600-km journey by road can be exhausting, but CM Yediyurappa was forced to undertake the trip as his logistics team couldn’t find a chopper for hire, and gave up after a hard week-long search. With elections in a number of states, choppers are hard to come by, having been booked months in advance. For the record, Karnataka does not own an official helicopter.CEO of Agni Aviation Capt Arvind Sharma said, “Since it’s election time in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, besides bypolls in Karnataka and elsewhere, choppers are in high demand, and most of them have been booked by political parties.’’ ....