Palakkad District - 678104
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BMC ACTIVITIES 2023-24
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BHOOMITHRASENA CLUB (BMC – 187/PKD/10/12)
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, CHITTUR, PALAKKAD
The activities of Bhoomithrasena Club in Cittur College campus was started in the March of 2013. Students, teaching and non- teaching staff are actively involving in all the activities organized by Bhoomithrasena Club. We organize and conduct activities for the conservation of environment and awareness creation on nature and natural resource utilization with the full fledged support and co-operation of Local Self Government’s official machinery, Kudumbhasree, and local people and various Government and Non- Government organizations. At present more than hundred students are enrolled as the members of Bhoomithrasena Club. In our College. Sri. Suresh Kumar KA, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Botany is the Faculty in Charge (FIC) of Bhoomithrasena Club. Kum. Angel Thomas Vth SEM Botany is in charge of student co- coordinator.
Mission past at a glance
Shade in the Heart – If we merely plant a tree in the soil, it may or may not grow, but if it is planted in the heart, definitely it will grow and reproduce. This was the theme of the programme. Students and teachers planted seedlings in the college campus and their own lands. Students planted around 300 seedlings. Seedlings were provided by Department of Forests and Wildlife, Government of Kerala.
Cleaning drives – Bhoomithrasena club has conducted a cleaning drive programme as part of cleaning the water bodies in our surrounding area in association with Chittur-Thatthamangalam municipality and local residents.
Change the lifestyle and check the climate change– Bhoomithrasena club has been arranged a never ending programme to counter the global climatic changes by making changes in our lifestyle. We intended to create awareness amongst students and common people about the need of practicing eco friendly way of life. This programme included planting of trees, transformation of ‘ irrigating garden to non irrigating garden’, ‘ bath in ponds,’ ‘soapless’ soap etc.
Chediarivu nerarivu – through this programme, Bhoomithrasena club trained and equipped a group of students and teachers to identify scientifically, the local medicinal plants and the conserving them.
Campus biodiversity register – Govt College, Chittur campus is unique among other colleges in Kerala by its vastness in area and biodiversity. It occupies around 45 acres land and naturally irrigated by Sokanasini River. BMC has successfully completed the survey and documentation the biodiversity of the college campus.
Eat the vegetable not the venom – BMC has conducted a study on the indiscriminate use of pesticide, weedicide etc. in the agriculture field. This programme is also underway.
Nature –the nurturing mother – A class on importance of naturopathy was taken by Kum. Sukanya. G. who herself has undergone this therapy and found it useful
Training on mushroom cultivation – A one day training programme on mushroom cultivation for college and school students was conducted and Mr. Pratheepkumar. V, Head , Department of Botany, Govt. college, Chittur led this programme. On the same day a talk on eco literacy programme was also held.
Nature camp – BMC organize a nature camps at various National Park and Sancturies in association with Dept. of Forest, Govt. of Kerala.
Solid Waste Management – Training programmes on solid waste management were organized by BMC to create awareness on modern techniques and concept of solid waste management.
Navara Utsav – It was celebrated by BMC in association with Navara foundation, Palakkad, Kerala, KINFRA, KSIDC, PPVFRI, ATMA and Department of Botany, Govt. college Chittur, MSSRF, NABARD, CII Kerala, KSCSTE, Kerala agriculture university and Kerala State Biodiversity board. The objective of the celebration was to create awareness and promotion of Keralas unique medicinal rice navara. Mr. N.N. Krishnadas, former MP of Loka Sabha has inaugurated the function. Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, father of Indian Green revolution was the chief guest of this function. Miss. Aruna Sundararajan IAS, MD, KSIDC, Mr. PH Kurian IAS, Principal secretary, Industries and IT, Govt of Kerala, Miss. K.A. Sheeba, Municipal chairperson, Chittur-Thattamangalam MunicipalityMr. Shankara Menon, Vice chairman, Chittur-Thattamangalam Municipality, Dr. Hanchinal, Chairperson PPVFAR, Dr. R.C. Agarwal, Registrar general PPVFAR, Mr. Navas Meeran, Chairman Eastern condiments, Dr. Indira Balachandran, Kottakkal aryavaidya pharmacy, K.K. Shobana, Principal agricultural officer palakkad, Mr. Vicraman Nair, Principal, Govt. college, chittur, Suresh Kumar. K.A, FIC, BMC, GCC spoke on the occasion. Workshop on the following topics were also held as part of the Navara utsav, 2014
Biodiversity in the paddy fields – a field study on biodiversity in the paddy fields with special reference to Chittur taluk of Palakkad district was conducted. Analysis of floristic diversity has been done and documented.
Bird watching Camp –Through this camp basic techniques for the identification of birds could transacted to the participants. The trained participants could identify 82 birds from the campus during the later exploration.
Mannaruvu – manninte nerarivu – It was an An intellectual siphoning programme between peasant and pupil. It was the foot step to share the knowledge acquired by the farming community through the experience of decade about soil, agriculture, climate, and sustainable utilization of natural resource.
Collection, documentation and scientific interpretation of traditional knowledge of Kerala. Through this mission we have collected traditional knowledge prevailed among the farmers, elder people, traditional medical practioners, etc. and documented it. We have analised scientific basis of this indigenous knowledge which is conserved through folklore songs, mythological stories, proverbs etc. Documentation of this task is completed. We would like to publish this intellectual task to siphon this knowledge to the lay man in the rural community.
Survey on indiscriminate application of pesticides and weedicides in Chittur Taluk, Palakkad. The study conducted on the pesticide usage in the Chittur Taluk area revealed the fact that more than 50% of the pesticide used in the study area are xeno estrogenic and thus potent cancer causing agents and the fact that these toxins from the crop fields are directly carried to the major drinking water resource of Chittur Taluk; the Chittur river; is frightening. Many of these toxin are fat dissolving, they will stay in the fatty tissues if the living organisms, increasing the chance of bioconcentration and thus biomagnifications. Some of the xeno estrogenic pesticides are coming under POP category (Persistent Organic Pollutant); and will stay in the soil and water for several years. Since the annual usage of these toxic chemicals / hector of paddy fields are very high, the quality of drinking water In terms of contaminant chemical pesticides is demanding immediate attention. This study points out a finger to the possible role of xeno- estrogen in the increasing reproductive cancers and other endocrine disorders in Palakkad district.
Butterfly Garden : Butterfly gardening is designed to create an environment that attracts butterflies, as well as certain moths. Butterfly gardening is often aimed at inviting those butterflies and moths to lay eggs as well. Because some plants are not fed upon by adult butterflies, the caterpillar host should also be planted for a bigger population of butterflies. Butterflies typically feed on the nectar of flowers, and there are hundreds of such plants that may be planted to attract them, depending on the location, time of year, and other factors. In addition to the planting of flowers that feed butterflies, other means of attracting them include constructing ¨butterfly houses¨, providing sand for puddling, water, and other resources or food items, including rotten fruit… Done correctly, butterfly gardening can increase the populations of butterflies. Many butterflies are becoming less abundant as a result of habitat destruction and fragmentation, and they do not feed on the plants regularly found in gardens. Others may also help in tagging monarch butterflies, which helps scientists monitor the monarch population and their migratory routes. Butterflies also serve as flower pollinators and attracting the butterflies can also assist in the pollination of nearby plants. Typically, flowers of plants that attract butterflies also attract other insect pollinators.Planting native plants which rare or threatened butterflies feed on is a holistic way of conservation. Bhoomithrasena Club planted indigenous plant species in the Butterfly garden and conduct a survey on host plant species.
Observation of Important Days and Occasions : BMC observes various important days related to conservation of environment in association with various government and non government agencies.
