KERALA RIVER OBSERVANCE DAY – 2016

The Department of Zoology in association with the Kerala River Protection Council, High Road, Aluva organized a seminar on ‘Kerala River Observance Day’ on 3^rd October, 2016 at the Seminar Hall, St. Teresa’s College. The event was conducted in two sessions, forenoon and afternoon.

The forenoon session began at 10:30 am with a welcome speech by Sri. T V Rajan followed by the Presidential address by Prof. Sita Raman. The inauguration of the formal event was done by Prof. M K Prasad, Former Vice Chancellor, Calicut University. Following this, Mr. Babu Paul delivered a short message on River Day and a poem by Mr. P I Shankaranarayn. The felicitation of the event was done by Mr. Martin Loyal, Assistant Conservationist of Forests and Social Forestry. The event concluded with a vote of thanks by Sri C P Nair.

The seminar session began at 11:30 am and it was conducted by the moderator, Dr. Shaju Thomas, Retd. Prof. Nirmala College. The topics covered during the seminar were ‘Vembannadu Backwaters & Climate Change’ by Dr. V Krupa (Scientist, CMFRI) and ‘Periyar Pollution’ by Dr. G D Martin, KUFOS.  It consisted of remedies and solutions given by a select group of speakers regarding the conservations of various rivers of Kerala. The session started with a Presidential speech by Dr. S Ramachandran. The different rivers spoken about were Muvattupuzha River by Dr. Shaju Thomas, Periyar River by Sr. Venu Variyath, Manimalayar River by Sri V Gopinathpillai, and Chaliyar River by Sri. M P Abdullah, Bharathpuzha River by Sri K K Devdas and Pampa River by Sri P K Premdas. This session concluded with a short discussion followed by a vote of thanks by Prof. Gopalkrishnamurthy.