PATHANAMTHITTA: The Kerala State Bio-diversity Board is keen to declare the Pampa river an important biodiversity zone, board chairman R.V. Varma has said.
He was delivering the keynote address at a workshop on ‘biodiversity conservation of Pampa' organised by the Pampa Parirakshana Samiti at the Maramon Retreat Centre at Maramon near Kozhencherry on Thursday.
He said an eco-friendly action plan was the immediate need for biodiversity conservation of the Pampa. The day-long workshop, supported by the board, was aimed at collecting suggestions and proposals from experts as well as mobilising public opinion in this regard.
Mr. Varma said the board would submit a proposal on biodiversity conservation of the Pampa to the government soon.
He said protection of river banks growing indigenous flora should be encouraged. The Biodiversity Board had initiated a programme to monitor fish in all 44 rivers in the State with public participation.
Mr. Varma said the board was of the view that river conservation could be effective and transparent only with the active involvement of the public and local self-government institutions.
Philipose Mar Chrysostum, senior Metropolitan of Mar Thoma Church, inaugurated the workshop. In his address, the Metropolitan lamented the sad state of affairs of the Pampa.
Water in the Pampa, which is regarded as a holy river, has become so polluted that people are even scared to bath in it, he added. Mar Chrysostum stressed the need to protect the river from pollution and degradation without delay.
N.K. Sukumaran Nair, PPS general secretary, Fr. Thomas Peeliyanickal, executive director of the Kuttanad Vikasana Samiti, and K.Sivadasan Nair, MLA, also spoke.
Source: The Hindu, 27-11-2010
He was delivering the keynote address at a workshop on ‘biodiversity conservation of Pampa' organised by the Pampa Parirakshana Samiti at the Maramon Retreat Centre at Maramon near Kozhencherry on Thursday.
He said an eco-friendly action plan was the immediate need for biodiversity conservation of the Pampa. The day-long workshop, supported by the board, was aimed at collecting suggestions and proposals from experts as well as mobilising public opinion in this regard.
Mr. Varma said the board would submit a proposal on biodiversity conservation of the Pampa to the government soon.
He said protection of river banks growing indigenous flora should be encouraged. The Biodiversity Board had initiated a programme to monitor fish in all 44 rivers in the State with public participation.
Mr. Varma said the board was of the view that river conservation could be effective and transparent only with the active involvement of the public and local self-government institutions.
Philipose Mar Chrysostum, senior Metropolitan of Mar Thoma Church, inaugurated the workshop. In his address, the Metropolitan lamented the sad state of affairs of the Pampa.
Water in the Pampa, which is regarded as a holy river, has become so polluted that people are even scared to bath in it, he added. Mar Chrysostum stressed the need to protect the river from pollution and degradation without delay.
N.K. Sukumaran Nair, PPS general secretary, Fr. Thomas Peeliyanickal, executive director of the Kuttanad Vikasana Samiti, and K.Sivadasan Nair, MLA, also spoke.
Source: The Hindu, 27-11-2010
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