Under the Union Power Ministry’s National Awareness Campaign, launched in order to promote energy conservation in the country, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has organised on-the-spot state level painting competition amongst school children of UT Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana at Panchkula’s Inderdhanush Auditorium in Sector 5.
Under the campaign, various programmes for school children have been devised to sensitize them about the need for conserving energy as also to educate and involve their parents in this cause.Under BBMB chairman AB Agrawal’s guidance, the painting competition witnessed over 7.80 lakh participants competed for the school level competition, out of which 300 children were selected for State level competition.
The painting competition on energy conservation was first conducted at the school level for classes IV, V and VI (Category A) and classes VII, VIII, and IX (Category B). Out of these, 50 children from each category were selected from each state or UT by a jury from the best paintings received from the participating schools.
Total 300 participants, that is 50 participants from each category of each State or UT, participated in the State level Painting Competition.Engineer-in-Chief (Generation) MS Khural was the chief guest of the function. Cash prizes of Rs20,000, Rs15,000, and Rs10,000 were given to first three winners of Category A and B of each State or UT.
Ten consolation prizes for each category amounting Rs2,500 were also given to selected participants from each State or UT.Children from BBMB DAV Public School, Nangal, presented a cultural programme. Besides, all participants were given cash prizes of Rs1,000 and gifts from Power Ministry.