A.V BALAKRISHNAN OF KALLOOR
(A- ONE MAN MISSION IN PALAKKAD HAS PLANTED 2.5 LAKH TREES)
A.V Balakrishnan of Kalloor is a mission to show that the fight against global warming during the past 11 years. A.V Balakrishnan has been on a mission to plant trees. Nearly 2.5 lakh trees in public places and on the premises of government offices and other institutions in various parts of the Palakkad district. He has dipped in to his small earnings he makes as a marginal farmer to plant the trees and protect them. " Trees are like my children. I protect them" he says. He has mobilised support from the Forest Department and some environmental groups at the village level in taking forward his mission.His first attempt at planting trees was in the Chudiyanmala forest area at Kalloor,near his home, and his eforsts have taken deep roots, reaching the border with Thrissur district after covering many villages and small towns in Palakad district.
He has a big nursery in his house to raise saplings,which are either planted or supplied to the Forest Department, which pays him a monthly honourarium of Rs 5,000 for his efforts. As the monsoon has set in,he leave on his motorbike early in the morning with a load of saplings for planting in various institutions,sides of irrigation canals, road sides, all have got his greening touch. Mr Balakrishnan has taken up the cause of the protection of Ayyarmala spread over the grama panchayats of parali, keralasseri,Kongad and Mundur. When fire breaks out in the area during summer,he alerts the Forest Department to it and helps save the forests.
His activities extend to burial of garbage to provide manure to the trees and removal of toxic waste dumped on the roads and in public places. Mr Balakrishnan does expect any thing from public. The biggest recognition comes when youngsters support him in his mission. School children have joined him in planting thousand of trees,which he sees as a promise for the future.
Prof. John Kurakar
(A- ONE MAN MISSION IN PALAKKAD HAS PLANTED 2.5 LAKH TREES)
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He has a big nursery in his house to raise saplings,which are either planted or supplied to the Forest Department, which pays him a monthly honourarium of Rs 5,000 for his efforts. As the monsoon has set in,he leave on his motorbike early in the morning with a load of saplings for planting in various institutions,sides of irrigation canals, road sides, all have got his greening touch. Mr Balakrishnan has taken up the cause of the protection of Ayyarmala spread over the grama panchayats of parali, keralasseri,Kongad and Mundur. When fire breaks out in the area during summer,he alerts the Forest Department to it and helps save the forests.His activities extend to burial of garbage to provide manure to the trees and removal of toxic waste dumped on the roads and in public places. Mr Balakrishnan does expect any thing from public. The biggest recognition comes when youngsters support him in his mission. School children have joined him in planting thousand of trees,which he sees as a promise for the future.
Prof. John Kurakar
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