Kottayam: Dr. B Sreekumar is an professional not solely in prescribing drugs for his sufferers, but in addition in inventing an natural panacea for ecological conservation of riverbanks. He lists some ‘elements’ that might make the ecology round rivers thrive. Sreekumar says that the inexperienced cover on the banks of the river should be preserved in its pure habitat. He’s in opposition to the felling of homonoia retusa or attuvanchi which may stop extreme flooding conditions. As well as, he’s a powerful advocate for the conservation of the pure habitat of dippers.
Sreekumar, who’s the president of the Kottayam Nature Society, has devoted his life to the reason for nature for many years. An avid hen watcher, he had usually been related to recording the hen inhabitants. Moreover, Dr. Sreekumar has designed a novel technique of river conservation that has confirmed to be extremely efficient.
He advised taking the variety of fish within the river by dividing the Meenachil River into three sections. He sought the assist and assist of native residents on this activity. The fish have been caught within the river, by the standard technique, with a web. After counting them, these fish have been instantly returned to the water. This technique quickly attracted consideration and recognition. The physician factors out that the blockages that stop the pure movement of river water is the explanation for the state of affairs of floods and mudslides on the banks of the Meenachil River. The mud on the banks slides, inflicting floods, within the sharp curves. Crops like homonoia retusa needs to be planted on the banks to keep away from this. When the river loses its depth and width, the water gushes out with better pressure, inflicting mudslides. The sturdy roots of homonoia retusa would maintain the mud tight and save the banks. These humble crops subsequently act as protecting partitions for the flowing river.
Dr. Sreekumar says that abnormal folks should come collectively to protect the inexperienced cover of bamboo and different bushes discovered on the banks of the Meenachil River’s tributaries.
Kottayam Nature Society usually turns into a part of the hen watching and knowledge assortment course of organized by World Wild Fund India and the Social Reforestation division of the Forest Division in Kerala. Dr. Sreekumar says that unscientific waste disposal, poor rice cultivation and over-reliance on chemical fertilizers have severely affected the pure habitat of native and migratory birds in lots of locations, together with Kuttanad, resulting in devastating ecological impacts.
