INDIA BEATS India Beats features stories of the unusual, the exotic and the extraordinary every week in The Hindu. This story was inspiring. Eco vision - A man and his passion M. Yoganathan, a bus conductor, is on a mission to convince students of the importance of conservation. Many schools in Coimbatore are familiar with the figure of this man hitching his precious burden over his shoulder and marching in to talk about Nature. ROUTE number 92 — from Marudumalai to Cheran Mahanagar and back. M.Yoganathan makes the 50-km round trip at least four times a day. He is a bus conductor. Besides the conducting business, he is busy converting young people to his cause, wildlife conservation. Fortunately for him, many educational institutions are located along the route his bus takes — the Agricultural College, Law College, Krishnammal, Hindustan, PSG... Ever ready An old slide projector in a battered black bag accompanies him wherever he goes. "You never know when and where I may ha...
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