Meghalaya’s cave explorer Brian Daly Kharpran gets featured in PM Modi’s Mann ki Baat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi credited renowned state cave explorer Brian Daly Kharpran and his team for putting the state of Meghalaya on the World Cave map, in his monthly radio show ‘Mann ki baat’.
Kharpran was featured in the 104th episode of the Prime Minister’s monthly radio show ‘Mann ki baat’ on Sunday where he applauded the works of Kharpran and his team.
In his introductory remark, the PM said that Kharpran has a great interest in speleology – the study of caves.
The PM said that the interest in caves arose in him when he read several story books.
Modi noted, “In 1964, he did his first exploration as a school boy. In 1990, he along with his friend established an association and through this he started to find out about the unknown caves of Meghalaya. Within no time, he along with his team discovered more than 1700 caves in Meghalaya and put the state on the World Cave Map.”
He mentioned that some of the longest and deepest caves in India are present in Meghalaya.
Modi said, “Brian Ji and his team have also documented the cave Fauna ie those creatures of the cave, which are not found anywhere else in the world.”
Lauding the efforts of the cave team, he urged citizens of the country to visit the caves of Meghalaya.
It may be mentioned that Kharpran is a caving expert who also wrote a book Caves for the Uninitiated.
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
Twitter
Leave a Reply