The 44 rivers in Kerala 'met' in the State capital on Monday evening ahead of the Kerala Jalasabha (Kerala Water Parliament) planned on Tuesday to mark World Water Day.
Small earthen pots containing water from the State’s rivers were brought to the Martyrs’ Column at Palayam here at the end of a Jala Sandesha Yatra organised under the Centrally assisted Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) programme.
The water was collected with the help of grama panchayats and Implementation Support Agencies (ISAs) under the JJM. MLAs V. K. Prasanth and M. Vincent, Mayor Arya Rajendran, Kerala Water Authority (KWA) managing director and mission director of JJM S. Venkatesapathy, elected representatives of panchayats and the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation and noted cultural and environmental activists were present. A poetry meet also was organised.
