Observing the World Environment Day, the Prerana organised ‘Green Fest 2016’ on Tuesday. Attending as the chief guest, School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra inaugurated the Prerana International Green Army Regiment.
The logo of the regiment was unveiled on the occasion. Representatives of 24 countries participated.
“We should focus on the protection of the environment, otherwise the human being will face lots of problems in future,” said Mishra.
Environmentalist Prof Radha Mohan was felicitated with the ‘Prerana Green Man’ award with a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a citation.
A total of 14 successful persons were also felicitated on the occasion.
MlA Bijay Mohanty, Prakash Srichandan, State Pollution Control Board Regional Officer Hadibandhu Panigrahi, Biswa Mohan Patnaik, Dr Abhinna Hota, Dr Pradipata Mohanty, Corporator Naba Kishore Behera and educationist Chandrasekhar Pati participated in the meet.
The Prerana organised the programme to discuss on reducing global warming, climate change, cyclone and other natural disasters, said president Dillip Srichandan.