NCC unit celebrates World Habitat Day
The Hindu
Thiruvananthapuram
The 1 Kerala Air Squadron NCC, Thiruvananthapuram unit celebrated World Habitat Day at DVMNNMHSS, Maranalloor near here with a variety of programmes.
Sureshkumar, president, Maranalloor Grama panchayat, inaugurated the event. PTA president Sobhana Kumari presided over the function. The Kerala Lalitha Kala Academy Award and Bala Sahithya Academy Award winner Neyyattinkara Vijayan was the chief guest for the function.
NCC officials, warrant officer Vedpal Yadhav and Anil Kumar Solanki, headmaster Sunilkumar and associate NCC officer Ani. A were among those who spoke at the function. The cadets later took part in a poster competition and planted saplings.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.