The Society for Nature, Education and Health (SNEH) organised an awareness programme on biodiversity conservation at the Kalinga Vidyapitha High School at Shyampur here on Tuesday.
An awareness rally, flagged off by school headmaster Pramod Chandra Behera, was joined by over 300 participants including the school students, teachers, youth, environmentalist, agriculture scientists, social workers and the villagers on the occasion.
The awareness rally was followed by a Sit and Draw and slogan writing competitions. Over 50 students of the school took part in the competitions and the winners were awarded with prizes. Besides, a workshop on biodiversity conservation was also held on the occasion, conducted by social worker Subas Chandra Panda. Panda highlighted various causes and effects of global warming. He advised the students to take initiatives towards biodiversity conservation to save the world.