Street play held to ‘save water, life and Netravathi’

Mangalore, Mar 22: On the occasion of International Forest Day, students from the Department of Mass Communication, St. Aloysius College staged a thought provoking street play on the issue of Netravathi River diversion, which held at St. Aloysius College campus at 3.30pm, gathered the attention of massive youth across the city. The educated Mangalorean youngsters were on full swing as they acted it out to vent their inner feelings about the disastrous project.

The street play focused on various issues of Netravathi River diversion such as ecological imbalances, water scarcity, and migration of farmers, deforestation and threat to biodiversities. Be fair for green care, save Netravathi save life, Let Neravathi flows as it flows and our land our river, were the slogans echoed during  the street play.

Several activists from the city extended their support to the youngsters’ initiation to save Netravathi by gracing the occasion with their presence. Gopadkar, an Activist said “Protection of Netravati and the fight for water should be echoed in all campuses of Mangalore and educated youth should come forward to carry on this issue further.”