Green cause: Former minister Binoy Viswam reads out a pledge to save the Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary at a protest held at Mangalavanam in Kochi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangementmore-in“The issue is not just about cutting down trees, but how it will impact the Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary, which is the lung of Ernakulam city. Heritage museum“The services our trees and forests give are invaluable...we will conserve Mangalavanam at any cost,” pledged Mr. Viswam, as participants including Hibi Eden, MLA, repeated after him. Mr. Viswam said the Old Railway Station, where eminent personalities including Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda had passed through, should be preserved as a heritage museum without cutting down the trees. ‘Crucial buffer’“The trees in the Old Railway Station area function as a crucial buffer for the Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary,” said Mr. Eden.

Source: The Hindu August 05, 2017 18:00 UTC