On the occasion of International Disaster Day, a painting competition was held for school students on Wednesday. The international Disaster Day is observed on October 13 and to spread awareness about the day among the students Disaster Management Institute organised a competition at its premises.
Notably, various schools including Sagar Public School, Mount Carmel School, Model Higher Secondary School, Jawaharlal Nehru School, Sants Joseph School, Campion School, Green Valley School, All Saints and others participated in the competition enthusiastically. Here on Wednesday, the first phase of the competition was held wherein the students of classes 6 to 8 participated enthusiastically.
This competition was organized from two categories wherein the participants were divided into two groups. During the painting competition the young painters prepared beautiful paintings on topics such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, fire, industrial accidents and prevention from various pandemics and precautions to avoid them.
It is noteworthy that the motive of the competition was to aware the students about reducing the risks during various disasters and to increase their understanding of the dangers in the children and to bring out the modalities of dealing with them. The students beautifully depicted their perceptions over the canvas. They explained the precaustions to be taken during distasters with their broad imagery and the vibrant colours. Further, few participants explained the after effects of the disaster.
It was like an extravaganza for the participants as well as the judges. The next phase will be held on Friday wherein the students of high school i.e. classes 11 and 12 will participate. Further it will be followed with felicitation ceremony. The winners will be given cash prizes which includes Rs 5100 as the first prize. Besides, Rs 2100 and Rs 1100 are the second and the third prizes respectively.