PATHANAMTHITTA: Waste, if properly managed, can be wealth, according to Fr. Abraham Mulamoottil, principal, Mar Athanasios College For Advanced Studies Thiruvalla (MACFAST). Fr. Mulamoottil was addressing a seminar on ‘Environmental awareness and waste disposal,’ organised jointly by MACFAST and the Thiruvalla municipality, at the municipal stadium in Thiruvalla on Tuesday. He said proper management of waste at its source was the best way to tackle the problem. Presiding over the seminar, municipal chairman Cherian Polachirackal stressed the need for making the people aware of their social responsibility to desist from polluting their surroundings by dumping wastes. He said the municipality would soon launch a public awareness campaign in association with MACFAST and various social organisations in the region in an effort to resolve the issue of waste disposal in and around Thiruvalla. Jose Philipose, attached to the Bodhana Social Service Society; Sasidharan Nair, environmentalist; Varkey Mathew from Kottayam; and Pampa Parirakshana Samiti general secretary N.K. Sukumaran Nair also spoke. Anto Antony, MP, inaugurated the seminar.
Source: the Hindu, dated: 10.02.2010
Source: the Hindu, dated: 10.02.2010
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