Grashi Kashyap and Divyanshi Panda won the speech competition while Neha Kosle, Aditya Chaurasia and Ritik Pahariya were winners of the poster competition organized on Sunday.
The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) held the speech and poster competition as part of events to mark the World Environment Day (June 5).
The runner up of the speech competition were Chinmay Singh Chandel and Vidhi Deepa Malviya. The third position went to Shreya Mishra and Kanchan Adil.
The poster competition runner ups were Dishita Nagarchi, Ujjwal Gupta and Aanchal Chaurasia. The third prize winners erre Kirti Kumar, Sanjana Sahu and Alok Patela. In the poster competition, three consolation prizes were also given.
The theme of the competition was ‘Reducing the use of single use plastic by bringing changes in personal habits and behaviours’, an official communication said.
The speech competition was organised in two age groups: 13 to 17 years and 18 to 21 years.
The poster competition was held for three age groups: up to 12 years, 13-17 years and 18-21 years.
About 450 school and college students participated in the event held at Civil Lines, Raipur.