Bengaluru: Govt. school teacher suffers severe injuries following tree-fall, hospitalised
A government school teacher in Bengaluru suffered severe injuries after a tree fell on him near a metro station. This incident marks the third tree-fall injury in the city within the last 40 days, raising concerns about public safety and urban tree maintenance.
Why it matters
Frequent tree-fall incidents highlight critical gaps in urban infrastructure maintenance and public safety management in rapidly growing cities.
In yet another tree-fall incident, a 58-year-old government school teacher suffered severe injuries after a fully grown tree fell on him on Wednesday near Attiguppe in west Bengaluru.
The victim, Balaji T., is a teacher at a government school in Bengaluru South district. He was on his scooter near Attiguppe Metro Station at around 1.30 p.m., talking to one of his students, when the tree fell on him. The student also sustained minor injuries and has since been discharged from hospital.
Mr. Balaji, however, has suffered injuries to both legs, and there is also a possibility of damage to his spinal cord, according to a senior Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) official.
G.K. Sudarshan, Deputy Conservator of Forests, told The Hindu that the tree, Spathodea campanulata, was in good health and had been pruned. The GBA is yet to ascertain the reason for the fall.
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