CHENNAI: Call yourself a green crusader? No? Well, here’s your chance to “grant” yourself such a title. All you need to do is donate money to Exnora International, a city-based NGO, and you would be suitably rewarded with awards like ‘Prakruti Ratna’, ‘Pariyavaram Mitra’ and ‘Friends of Exnora’.
To continue its “Earth-saving” mission uninterruptedly and to accumulate its targeted corpus and building fund of Rs 10 crore, Exnora International has called for donations from the public, and according to the NGO’s appeal letter, it plans to confer the Prakruti Ratna award on those who donate Rs 10 lakh, Pariyavaram Mitra on those contributing Rs five lakh and Friends of Exnora on persons making grants of Rs one lakh.
Presenting itself as a responsible NGO in the letter, Exnora president Sulochana Ramaseshan says, “Exnora, the largest environmental organization, never so far went to court against neither (sic) polluting industries nor staged protest rallies, though many expect Exnora to do it. We know that such action will result in thousands losing their livelihood and that’s why Exnora sits with industries and guides them to reduce pollution.”