The Hindu 12.12.2009
Call to prevent indiscriminate urbanisation
Staff Reporter
| P. Parameswaran inaugurates 31st State meet of Kerala NGO Sangh |
PATHANAMTHITTA: Indiscriminate urbanisation is affecting native cultures and degrading nature, Bharatiya Vichara Kendram director P. Parameswaran has said.
He was inaugurating the 31st State meet of the Kerala NGO Sangh at Sabari Nagar (St. Stephen’s Auditorium) here on Friday.
He said man’s utter disregard for nature was taking its toll in the form of climate change. Suicide among farmers is on the rise. It is high time we convene a high-level meet in the State on the lines of the one in Copenhagen to save the environment, he added.
Mr. Parameswaran called upon NGO Sangh members to be responsible to society, besides nurturing a disciplined work culture. He said the Sangh should fight against corruption and nepotism.
NGO Sangh State president M.S. Shyamkumar presided over the inaugural session. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh State general secretary K.K. Vijayakumar, former district judge K.S. Tharanath and E.L. Balakrishnan and NGO Sangh State general secretary N. Sadanandan also spoke. As many as 500 delegates from different parts of the State attended the meet. Hindu Aikyavedi State president K.P. Sasikala inaugurated a women’s meet as part of the conference.
A seminar on the ‘Challenges faced by India on the borders’ will be held on Friday. K. Sivadasan Nair, Raju Abraham, Mathew T. Thomas, MLAs and Bharatiya Janata Party State president P.K. Krishnadas will address the seminar.
BMS State president M.S. Karunakaran will inaugurate a public meeting to be held in Pathanamthitta town. The annual meet will come to a close with a cultural programme followed by a valedictory meet on Saturday.
