Odisha boy Roshan Kumar Rana was presented an award by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the winner at a painting competition held under the ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa’ movement on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti in New Delhi.
Roshan, a Class-V student of the Bhangawari Upper Primary School under Sadar block in Kalahandi district, secured the first position at the event making a beautiful painting on Swachh Bharat on Monday.
He received the award along with a Rs 1-lakh cash prize and other gifts from Modi at the Swachh Bharat Diwas function at the Bigyan Bhawan.
With winning the prize, Roshan became the first to have been awarded in the junior category in a national level drawing competition.
The competition on Swachh Bharat was held under various categories including essay, painting and film.
