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Chandy to inaugurate Earth Day celebrations

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KOTTAYAM: The Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, will inaugurate the celebrations of the Earth Day, to be observed as `Sandalwood Protection Day,' at Marayoor on Friday.

The celebrations are part of an effort to involve the people in conservation efforts and will also act as a launch pad for the awareness campaign to be taken up for sandalwood protection.

The celebrations mark the conclusion of the state-wide `jatha' taken up by the Department of Forests and Wildlife with the participation of environmental activists, declaring the need for protecting the environment, with special focus on sandalwood protection. The jatha, launched from Thiruvananthapuram, will conclude at Marayoor on Friday.

The public meeting at Marayoor Government UP School campus will be presided over by the Minister for Forests, Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan.

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