Moodbidri: Thousands Run for Nature - 'Hasirigagi Ota' Draws Huge Crowd
Daijiworld Media Network - Moodbidri (MM/GA) - pics - Dayanand Kukkaje
Moodbidri, Aug 23: The town of Moodbidri witnessed a feast on Thursday August 23 evening. About 3 thousand students, activists and representatives of various schools, colleges and other institutions took out rally here to campaign for greenery under the banner ‘Hasirigagi Ota.’
The rally was flagged off at Swaraj Maidan here by Prof K M Kaveriappa, vice-chancellor of Mangalore University. The rally wound up at Kadalakere Nisargadhama which is about 3 kilometres away from the town. People of all ages and from all walks of life participated in this rally. Hence, it was a time to rejoice to all, in the name of nature.
In his address Prof Kaveriappa said that Western Ghats area which is biologically sensitive is naturally very rich. But these Ghats have been facing threat owing to mining, deforestation and hunting of wild animals. Hence, awareness about the nature is necessary, he opined.
Later, boat riding facility was inaugurated at Kadalakere Nisargadhama by M Maheshwar Rao, deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada. A total of 5 boats have been introduced there to promote tourism. At the same time white t-shirts and green caps sponsored by Alva's Education Trust and Hollywood Township of Bangalore were distributed to the crowd.
MLA Abhayachandra Jain, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat CEO Kunjappa, Deputy Conservator of Forest Manjunath Shetty, Kundapur Range Conservator of Forest Rajkumar Shrivastav, J R Lobo, deputy director of Pilikula Nisargadhama, entrepreneurs Ronald Colaco of Bangalore and Soans of Belvai were present on the occasion.