Catholic Sabha Kalliapur Deanery Cultivates 10 acres of Barren Land
Udupi: Life of an agriculturist has become miserable day by day. Sometimes he suffers due to the lack of rain, and at other times he has to face the scarcity of labourers. This year another major crisis, namely, the Corona Virus, has created widespread problems throughout the world. Despite these problems, the Catholic Sabha of Udupi Pradesh along with its Kalyanpur Unit has taken up the task of cultivating around 10 acres of fallow land keeping in mind the message of Pope Francis to respect and love the environment.
The programme of transplantation of paddy saplings was inaugurated by Alwyn Quadros, President of the Catholic Sabha, Udupi Pradesh.
Speaking on this occasion, Alwyn Quadros said that India has predominantly been an agricultural country. As agriculture enhances economic strength to a nation, it is important to promote such activities. Such an essential human activity has been losing its significance for a few years. However, the circumstances created by the COVID-19 have forced people to revive agricultural activities for survival. As thousands of people working abroad have lost their jobs and businesses and returned to their native places, agriculture has become the sole alternate economic source for survival. Cultivating the arable land has become essential to have food security.
The President of Kallianpur Unit of the Catholic Sabha, Santosh Cornelio in his address said that under various organizations under the leadership of the Catholic Sabha of Kallianpur the task of cultivating around 10 acres of land that had been left barren for the last 25 years was taken up. Out of the 10 acres, paddy saplings were transplanted in 5 acres manually and in another 5 acres through the machine. He further said that it was a minor attempt to have a green environment and support agricultural activity.
Rosy Quadros-Secretary of the Catholic Sabha, Kallianpur Unit, President-Rosy Baretto, Treasurer – Felix Pinto, Deputy Treasurer-Urban Lewis, former President of the Central Committee-Valerian Fernandes and office bearers of deanery units were present.