To commemorate the 73rd anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day an event was organised at Regional Science Centre.
To create awareness among the students, here on Thursday a Popular Science lecture on theme ‘Nuclear hazards and precautions' was organised at the Centre in which around 225 students from different Schools of the city participated. The lecture was delivered by Ashit Kumar Patra, Assistant Director, Disaster Management Institute, Bhopal.
While addressing the students Patra elaborately explained Nuclear Hazards and precautions to be taken during these disasters for radiations in a simple and lucid manner. Even some video clippings about the prevention or minimization of these radiations exposure were shown to the students.
The lecture was followed by question answer session with the students. Patra clarified the queries of students and gave away the prizes and certificates to the winners of Poster Making contest students. Prabal Roy, Project Coordinator, Regional Science Centre was prominently present on the occasion.
Notably, in the first attack almost 1.5 lakh people lost their lives and in the second attack almost 70,000 people died. The Bhopalites received huge information on one of the most deadly attacks during the World War II as they watched the clips about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many school students and educationists participated in the event.
The students received a lot of information through interactive session and were astonished to watch the presentations. The audiences were surrounded with an interesting world as they entered the regional science centre and were informed about the deadly attacks.