With State honours, the city on Friday bid a tearful adieu to noted environmental activist T. Shobheendran who initiated thousands of youngsters to the world of nature conservation and inspired many others with his unyielding passion for social forestry initiatives. The 76-year-old breathed his last at a private hospital here on Thursday following a cardiac arrest.
For more than three days, he had been under treatment for age-related ailments and uneasiness. Despite ill health, the septuagenarian was an inevitable part of the city’s green movements. After his retirement as professor of Economics from Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, he had devoted his life fully to programmes and campaigns to improve the participation of students in planting trees and their conservation.
