To mark the first anniversary of a global campaign to eliminate cervical cancer, the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) in association with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and KRIAA Foundation, illuminated the 11th century’s Rajarani Temple with teal colour. The colour represents cervical cancer elimination. Lily Jenamani of KRIAA Foundation said, “We are taking the concept of ‘Lighting a Heritage’ a step forward in Odisha in association with the Bhubaneswar Smart City, Acharya Harihar Post-Graduate Institute of Cancer and Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Odisha.
As a first of kind event in Odisha, we want to create awareness amongst the society and boost the morale of people affected by cervical cancer and help them to lead a normal life after the trauma of Covid-19 lockdown, for which all their treatment process had come to a grinding halt.” Notably, on the day last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO)
launched a global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, with a resolution passed by 194 nations. Countries and communities around the world marked the movement with a day of action and the launch of local campaigns.
With inclusive approach in organizing its citizen-centric activities from creating awareness on non-motorised transport (NMT) and having a clean, green and livable city, the Bhubaneswar Smart City has been organizing weekly events with girls, women, youth, and transgender community and is also planning to include more citizen groups so that the cause will include more and more people.