To mark the World Population Day, a cartoon drawing competition was organised here on Thursday at Regional Science Centre. Besides, a popular lecture on population and environment was also conducted by Ashit Kumar Patra, Assistant Director of Disaster Management Institute.
As many as 150 students of the city participated in the competition. The students painted their perceptions on paper about saving the environment from pollution and other damages. The competition was divided into two categories — Middle schools which included students from the Class V to VIII and the last category High schools that included Classes IX to XII.
The competition was like an extravagance for the little painters and the spectators as well as they have used their creativity with the perceptions displayed on the painting sheet. The students from all the categories received awards as well at the end.The first prize under first category was won by Palak Jain Sharda Vidya Mandir, second prize was won by Sneha Singh Bal Bharati School, whereas Antreksha Sehtya from Bal Bharti School won the third prize.
Under second category, Vipin Chowdhary St Paul School won the first prize, Parul Mourya and Karuna Gajbhaiye from Jawahar lal Nehru School won the second and third prize. Regional Science Centre in collaboration with Environmental Planning & Coordination Organisation (EPCO) has organised the following programmes to attract the attentiveness of the people and students community in particular on theme “Population & Environment’.
The programme was followed by was followed by valediction and prize distribution function by Chief guest Sharad Jain, Director(Planning), EPCO, Bhopal gave away the prizes and certificates to the winners of Cartoon- drawing contest. Pradip Sharma, Economic Planner, EPCO was prominently present on the occasion.
The children wonderfully depicted the dangers harming the planet and also the uniqueness of the planet was showcased through the variations of colours.