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, died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kozhikode city on Thursday night. He was 76.
For more than three days, he had been under treatment for age-related ailments and uneasiness. Despite his ill health, this septuagenarian was an inevitable part of the city’s green movements and campaigns for the cause of nature. After his retirement as professor in Economics from the Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan college, he initiated various unique programmes and campaigns to improve the participation of students in planting trees and its conservation.
