III. Silent Valley Movement:

♤ This environmental movement aimed at the protection of silent valley an evergreen forest

in the Palakkad district Kerala.

♤ After the announcement of imminent dam construction on Kuntipuzha river, as an ideal site for electricity construction “Save silent valley”.

♤ Movement was started in 1973 and Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (K.S.S.P) effectively aroused the public opinion to save silent valley.

♤ The protesters were successful in 1985, when the then PM Rajiv Gandhi inaugurated Silent valley National Park and the park was designated as the core area of Nilgiri Biosphere Deserve.

♤ Silent Valley is also famous for the endangered lion-tailed macaque.