Executive Producer/ Director
Wetlands, due to no visible utility to humans are largely being ignored by us. Even today in the era, where global warming, climate change, and the sinking of the water table are such a big issue, the initiative to conserve them has not yet been considered. Well, the problem is not only their ignorance, nor we can blame it on the people neither the government, the problem actually lies in the unawareness about the wetlands. Generally, the wetlands are percept as ‘wastelands’, that’s why whenever there is a pond or lake in the nearby locality, people start dumping their household wastes, sewage, etc. Today, to make understand the people about the importance of a wetland is a Herculean task! But it’s in almost every religious text to conserve lakes, ponds, rivers, etc. whether you see the Quran, the holy book of Muslims, or Vedas of Hindus or Guru Granth Sahib of Sikhs, everywhere you will see there have been clear indication to protect the wetlands from anyhow polluting. This short documentary was made by Debadityo in his second year of graduation and the first film by him. Though it lacked professional editing and cinematography, the content and the information this movie gives are appreciated by people. It was screened at ‘National Symposium on Biodiversity’ organized by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and Department of Science and Technology, at Garhwal University in Lansdowne, in 2010.