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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.
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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.
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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.