Chandigarh, Feb. 24 -- Young environmentalist Vir Singh raises awareness on endangered Gharials at Chitkara International School Chandigarh on 23rd February. Chitkara International School, in association with (World Wide Fund for Nature) WWF experts, organised a biodiversity awareness session, led by a 14-year-old environmentalist, wildlife photographer, and rewilding advocate Vir Singh of the VirVanam Foundation. The session focused on the conservation of the critically endangered gharial, a freshwater crocodilian native to the Indian subcontinent.

Addressing students and faculty, Vir highlighted the ecological importance of river ecosystems and described the gharial as a key indicator of freshwater health. He explained how habitat loss...