More than 800 children from 30 schools joined the environment awareness rally organised by Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board here. The rally was a part of the Board’s two-day long environment awareness initiative ‘Connecting nature to people’ on the occasion of the World Environment Day on June 5.
The rally was flagged off by Tarun Kapoor, Himachal Additional Chief Secretary (Environment, Science & Technology), who highlighted the importance of Environment Day.
He said that the children attending this celebration shall be ambassador of environment protection throughout their life. He emphasized to inculcate the habit of environment conservation.
Member Secretary, HPSPCB in his address apprised about the activities being conducted by the State Board in the entire state. He emphasized that environmental conservation is in our tradition and culture and it is in the interest of the mankind to save our mother earth.
The State Board had earlier organized various inter-school competitions on slogan writing, poster-making and model-making on June 2 at Portmore School, Shimla. More than 300 children from 28 schools had participated in these competitions.
The prizes were given away to the winners in various categories by Himachal Additional Chief Secretary, (Environment, Science & Technology).