Kareem Forest Park, Kanhangad, Kerala.
Kareem Park in North Kerala manifests the steely determination of a person to convert rock ridden barren hillside to a forest.
Located in a remote place called Puliyamkulam in the North Keralan district of Kasaragod, it draws plenty of fans.
Since purchasing the first five acres of land in 1979, P. Abdul Kareem never gave up his dream although it took several decades for stars to align in his universe.
They were the decades of hard work. He regularly carried the much needed water in containers tied on to bike. He then watched saplings and budding leaves drying one by one in the harsh weather.
In the early days, Kareem would carry water in containers that were tied to his motorbike.
He faced many challenges including his saplings drying up and withering away in the summer heat.
As the years passed, Kareem’s dream seemed a distant possibility thanks to the unyielding laterite rock. A former expat worker in the Gulf, he had exhausted a huge part of his savings on this project that was so close to his heart.
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