SaveTheHills(STH) is a group of concerned citizens who are raising awareness about landslides in Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya. Many landslides are the direct or indirect result of human interference and preventable if sufficient care is taken. As such, unless we begin a comprehensive and sustained program towards landslide management, prevention and mitigation, the consequences of ignoring years of human callousness will, in the future be devastating.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
A Milestone and a Marathon...14/15Sep2009
On 14 Sep2009, SaveTheHills was 2 years old.
As if to celebrate this "Kumudini Pariwar", the alumni of Kumudini Homes, an old and venerable institution of Kalimpong held a one day sporting event and a marathon on 15Sep2009 with the theme "Let's Run to Save The Hills". The event was intended to raise awareness about landslides amongst the public and students and had 200 students from different schools of the sub-division participating.
I would like to thank Kumudini Pariwar for the event and also Kolkata Police and Basil India for the 90 odd "Save The Hills" t -shirts which we distributed amongst the participating athletes.
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