Monday 2 February 2015

Film Festival on Wetland Issues kick started


The six day’s Film Festival on Wetlands organized by Hasiru Hejje and Regional Museum of Natural History to mark the World Wetland Day-2015 was inaugurated by renowned artist and Social activist Badal Nanjunda Swamy at the Auditorium of the Regional Museum of Natural History.


In a gathering of a hundred college students, most of them from the JSS Law college Mrs. Mujeba Khanum, Educational staff of the Museum welcomed the gathering and Mr. Manu K  gave an introduction to the significance of the day . This day in 1972, on the shores of Caspian Sea at a fishing village called Ramsar, over 50 heads of Nations met to discuss the plight of Wetlands and their inhabitants, he said. Ever since, there has been a constant increase in the membership of Nations more and more wetland sites are identified for conservation. The call of the year is Join Us in conservation of Wetlands.  He mentioned the legacy of lake conservation movement in Mysore and how in spite of its success the pressure on them remains same. While there are external threats of encroachment upon many wetlands the internal mis-management and land use change in the disguise of development are also a serious threat to the wetland species.

Inaugurating the festival Mr. Badal expressed happiness about the enthusiasm of the participants and explained to them how the lure of development mutes common man against the loss of parks and lakes. He made special mention to Kukkarahalli his home village where the custodians are the University of Mysore. In spite of all the professor and technical know how in them, no body raises their voice against an atrocity against Nature. While the management heads for an all out effort to spin money through human centric projects, the academicians turn a blind eye… what role would they be to their students he asked.


Mrs. Mujeba Khanum who thanked the guests and the gathering also mentioned special thanks to the Press for their coverage which led to the booking of all the shows even before the inaugural. 

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