Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrhalaya under the activities of ‘Swachh Bharat’ fortnight organised a speech competition on ‘Importance of cleanliness for tourism in India’ for school students.
Students from Sharda Vidya Mandir and Bethal Public School participated. The competition was judged by Shri Arun Kiro, Asst Curator, IGRMS. Students proved metal of their oratorical skills not only in English & Hindi but also they spoke in Sanskrit and Nepali.
Young students of sixth to 10 standard delivered their speeches covering different aspects of Swachh Bharat and its impact on tourism in India. Judging the competition, Kiro said, “I am mesmerized by the matured speeches of these young participants. They have not only communicated their point of view but also reasoned it with accurate data, also they gave example of very well research on the topic. Few students needs special mention like Shubhank Gorskar (std 9th, BPS) and Sougat Khatri (std 8th, BPS) for giving the speech in Sanskrit & Nepali respectively. Also Ms Aarna Muramkar, for a sixth grader she has oratorical skills better than many scholars and politicians.”
After the competition the results were declared where First Prize– Madhur Saraf Jain (10th, Sharda Vidya Mandir), Second Prize- Aditi Rawat (10th, Bethal Public School), Third –Payodhi Agrawal (10th, Sharda Vidya Mandir) and Consolation Prize –Arti Hedau (10th, Bethal Public School).
Madhur Saraf Jain delivered an excellent speech where he explained the chain of change citing major statistics of Swachh Bharat Project and urged to make it a people’s initiative.
Aditi Rawat asked as why governments have to make a project for cleanliness, when it is our duty as citizens to maintain the public property as we do in our homes. She also explained the necessity of Swachh Bharat Mission for medical reasons. Third prize winner, Payodhi Agrawal said, “Cleanliness is godliness was a just a fancy phrase for Indians, prior to 2nd Oct, 2014 the day Swachh Bharat Mission started”. In her speech she also explained the structure of our society and how it is responsible for dirty colonies.
The programme was coordinated by Dipak Kumar Chaudhary and SK Singh gave the vote of thanks.