MALAPPURAM, August 12, 2016 Garden with a vision The Speaker opens it blindfolded
Assembly Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan threw open a touch-and-feel garden of aromatic herbs for the visually impaired at the University of Calicut on Thursday. Inaugurating the garden, blindfolded, Mr. Sreeramakrishnan exhorted universities to bolster the creativity and quest for knowledge of students. The garden, with six dozen aromatic plants, is the first of its kind in the country. It gives information on the plants by means of Braille and audio. Mr. Sreeramakrishnan also released the reports of Environmental Audit and Gender Audit by handing over their copies to Vice Chancellor K. Mohammed Basheer and P. Abdul Hameed, MLA, respectively. Mr. Hameed inaugurated a Carpology section set up inside the garden. It has more than three dozen seeds and dry fruits. Dr. Basheer inaugurated a Cacti and Succulent House set up nearby. M. Sabu, taxonomist in charge of the garden, explained its uniqueness. Comments to: web.thehi...@thehindu.co.in Copyright© 2016, The Hindu Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
