The World Environment Day would be observed on June 5 and to mark the occasion, Jawahar Bal Bhawan has organised a five-day event for the school students.
The school students of the State capital would be a part of various activities to be held under World Environment Day that have been commenced from Saturday till June 5.
Notably, World Environment Day is being celebrated worldwide on June 5, to raise global awareness of the need to take positive environmental action and to proclaim that the human beings are very much concerned about the rapid deterioration of the environment and relative aspects.
The Jawahar Bal Bhavan has arranged for a ‘Bird Watching Camp’ for the school students. Under this activity the students were taken on a trip to Van Vihar and they got an opportunity to have a close look at the different species of the birds. The Bird Watching Camp began here from Saturday that would continue till June 3.
While elaborating about the activity, Assistant Director of Jawahar Bal Bhavan MS Pawar said, “This activity is being organized with the coordination of Environmental Planning, Bhopal. The students of science section were taken on the camp to learn about different birds and their contribution in keeping the environment balance.”
Here on Saturday and Sunday the students went for the camp and have learnt about the birds from the experts. It was an interactive session as the stu8dents got an opportunity to ask about their queries and learnt the amazing and unknown facts about different species of the birds.
They learnt that how the birds can be identified a different through their, body, colour, beaks, sound, legs, feathers and even eyes.
Through the educational camp, the students also learnt about other animals, their importance in human life and how they help in balancing the nature. Further, students were also informed about how human beings can contribute and save the animals and birds getting extinct from the world and also how they can save the environment.
Further, a painting competition was also held for the school students on Saturday on World Environment Day theme Think Eat Save.