On our last day in parambikulam forest area. we refreshed our self in tiger hall. Packed our baggages. Some events were going on in parambikulam. So, they were conducting painting competition for kids in tiger hall. They had outdoor competition such as Kabadi, Cricket, badminton, etc.We didn't have any plans on that day. We just relaxed for few hours, had tea twice, bought forest honey, etc from the forest department shop. Had early lunch. Pickup Tempo traveller came directly to tiger hall. We loaded the baggages in tempo traveler, said good bye to parambikulam village, and started our journey back to coimbatore. Babu came along with us till the eco centre. We told Babu that we wanted to talk to Parambikulam forest officer.
He took us to DFO office, we met Mr.Sanjay Kumar IFS DFO. We spent couple of hours talking to him. He was so dedicated to the work. He p about the eco tourism plan, where he generate the job opportunities for the tribals in the parambikulam, how he controls the forest environment, etc. He explained about the numerous project ideas such as making the key chains from plastics collected through the recycle bins within forest area, etc.To add to all that, his wife is a doctor, who is also serving for the tribals in parambikulam village. As a couple, they are serving over there and contributing to the environment. We appreciated him for the nice work and gave few valuable feedback. He asked us back to volunteer to help him to keep up the environment. One of that is to teach English to the tribal who are working as guides over there.
Anyone interested? Parambikulam Official site
We said thanks and good bye to all forest officers and left parambikulam forest.
You can read more about our parambikulam experience from the main blog entry on the parambikulam trek blog entry .
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