Probe ordered into death of 18 elephants in Assam
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The hillock where a thunderbolt is said to have killed the pachyderms is close to the site for a controversial solar power plant
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(Assam Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya inspecting the site where lightning was said to have killed 18 elephants Wednesday night. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)
The hillock where a thunderbolt is said to have killed the pachyderms is close to the site for a controversial solar power plant
Assam’s Minister for Environment and Forest, Parimal Suklabaidya, has ordered an enquiry into the death of 18 elephants on a hillock in central Assam’s Nagaon district Wednesday night.
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.
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Incidentally, he passed away a day after his 93rd birthday on Saturday. He is survived by four daughters and a son and their families.
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S.G. Neginhal during a exhibition in Bangalore on September 07, 2012.
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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.
BBMP to turn Mavallipura landfill into crematorium
Villagers have started a dharna at the landfill site, even as work has started, Committee formed to ensure that all facilities are in place at crematoriums
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Police and Revenue officials visit the Mavallipura landfill site to inspect and start preparations for an open-air crematorium | Express
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BENGALURU: A waste landfill is no place to cremate or bury the dead, and the BBMP’s proposal to create an ‘open crematorium’ at Mavallipura has shocked and angered many in this village and surrounding areas. Villagers have started a dharna at the landfill site, even as work started on Thursday to create a temporary cremation ground for Covid victims for the next two months. On Wednesday afternoon, police and revenue officials had visited the landfill site in Mavallipura to inspect and start preparations, and appeals by villagers did not deter them from going ahead with their pla
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