Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) is going to organise a series of events, including quiz and poster writing competitions, to mark the World Environment Day on June 5.
It will also organise a seminar on the occasion.
Official sources in the CECB informed that the main aims of the events are to create awareness among students and citizens on importance of protecting the nature and assisting them to conserve it.
The poster competition will be organised in four categories for school and college students on June 5 from 9.30 am at New Circuit House. Each category will get prizes.
The first category is for children up to 9 years, second category is for the children in the age group of 10 to 14 years, third is for 15 to 18 years and fourth category is for 19 to 22 years.
Quiz competition will be held for the college students, where environment related questions will be asked. Each group will have two student participants. Therefore the participants should have a colleague for registration.
In both events, the participants will have to bring their identity card of their educational institution and a photocopy of age related certificate.
Cash prizes will be given to winners in the concluding ceremony to be organised during evening hours.
The registration for the events is on the spot. The registration can also be done for CECB quiz competition on Facebook through a message.