Sunday, January 31, 2010

BALA PARISTHITHI CONGRESS-2010 (WETLANDS & MAN)




            District level BALA PARISTHITHI CONGRESS-2010 was held in our school by VANASHREE Nature Club. Many schools in the district participated in the Congress. The Congress was inaugurated by Divisional Forest Officer(Nilambur South)S.Unnikrishnan.  He told that along with planting tree sapling it is the need of the hour to plant vegetables also in our gardens to have a healthy living.  ACF (Nilambur North) Ratheesh was also present in the occasion.  Panchayath President Sri.Hameed Haji Inaugurated the Photo exhibition.  More than 500 photos was displayed by various agencies like Silent Valley National Park, WWF, Agro Friends, CISSA(Centre for Innovation in Science & Social Action), Vanashree Nature Club, Forest Department etc.  
Painting, Quiz & Essay writing competitions were held for U.P, High School & Higher Secondary School.  Painting & essay writing were conducted on the theme ‘Wetlands & man’.  Quiz was conducted in two rounds, i.e. oral round & multimedia round. 
            Food was provided for the participating students.  After the lunch students of our club presented poems and songs related to environment.  Tony Thomas, Environmentalist inaugurated the session on Wetlands.  The various threats to environment and in particular to Wetlands were discussed in his multimedia presentation.  Various actions that can be initiated were discussed.  Rajendran, Parishad activist and environmentalist, asked the students to start firm & specific movements to protect the wetlands.  He spoke of such a movement to protect the ‘Kotta Puzha’, in the nearby Chokkad. Dr.Balakrishnan, showed a short film on Wetlands from BBC’s Nature first series.  The show was so magnificent that the students almost forget about the time. 
The closing session was inaugurated by Wandoor M.L.A. Sri.A.P.Anil kumar.  He told the students the developments going on worldwide to protect the environment.  As future citizens it is their duty to fight for it.   He presented the certificates and present to the winners of the respective competitions.   ACF(Social Forestry) Malappuram Sri.Jaya Prakash told that they are ready to provide help if the school is willing to start Herbal Garden in the school.  Starting a Eco Library, help can’t be provided for the moment, but surely they will discuss it with higher officials and will surely do what can be done by them.  Panchayath President Hameed Haji, Head Master E.Bhaskaran, Principal Abdul Razaq, PTA President Hamzakutty, were actively present on the occasion.A.Vinod  welcome the guests and the vote of thanks was done by S.Prasad.  
Sri.Suneesh & Sri.Sunil.P were quiz masters.  Sri.V.C.Mohandas was the technical co-ordinator. Sri. Sivasankaran received the guests.  Scouts and Guides did a commendable job in receiving guests, serving food, & in the exhibition hall.   

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