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Cities need combination of different solutions to adapt to climate change

Cities need combination of different solutions to adapt to climate change
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10 projects, 60,200 trees

PRR is biggest green-killer; Metro and road-widening projects follow Bengaluru that is just recovering from a severe shortage of oxygen it faced during the peak of covid, is all set to lose a total of 60,200 trees for just 10 infrastructure projects, including Metro and the peripheral ring road (PRR). While these projects are planned to reduce traffic congestion and help commuters, the environmental impact of these solutions appear toned down as assessment reports are prepared separately for each project. Officials state that no project gets a go-ahead without the nod of relevant authorities, especially with regard to axing of trees and compensatory plantation.

Urban forester S G Neginhal succumbs to COVID-19

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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