Volleyball tournament for vulture awareness held in Udhagamandalam

A volleyball tourney to dispersed consciousness astir the request for conserving vulture, aimed astatine young persons, was organised by Arulagam, a conservation NGO successful Allmoyar colony successful the Nilgiris.

In a property release, the organisation said that the tournament, featuring 18 teams from tribal villages crossed the Nilgiris and Erode, took portion successful the tourney connected New Year’s Day 2026. “Recognising this gathering arsenic a invaluable outreach opportunity, Arulagam leveraged the lawsuit to dispersed consciousness astir [the request for] vulture conservation among the section communities,” the property merchandise stated.

For the past 3 years, Arulagam has been supporting this lawsuit by sponsoring a prize currency grant of ₹5,000, recognising the tourney arsenic an important level for assemblage engagement. In 2026, the tourney saw the information of 18 teams from the Nilgiris and Erode districts, with a gathering of youngsters and assemblage members, the organisation added.

To integrate a connection for vulture conservation with the sporting event, Arulagam squad spoke to participants and spectators of the lawsuit astir the organisation’s enactment successful vulture conservation and the urgent request to support the 3 nonmigratory vulture taxon seen crossed the 2 districts. The organisation besides distributed T-shirts with messages of vulture conservation to the participants of the tournament.

“To further deepen assemblage engagement, a fingerprint coating enactment was organised, encouraging participants to instrumentality portion successful conservation done art. Using their fingerprints to overgarment the vultures, some volunteers and section radical symbolically expressed their work successful protecting wildlife,” the property merchandise added.

The lawsuit was coordinated by Paraman, tract coordinator, Arulagam, who worked intimately with the section assemblage members and encouraged progressive information passim the programme. The beingness of State Street volunteers added further spot to the initiative, creating an accidental for meaningful enactment betwixt firm volunteers and the section tribal community, the property merchandise said.