In order to make the youths and the schoolchildren aware of human-elephant conflict, the Surguja Forest Circle under the ‘Abhivyakti’ programme organised various competitions here at Sanjay Park on the occasion of World Environment Day.
Drawing, painting, slogan writing, essay, collage-making and other competitions were held on “Human-Elephant Conflict Management”. Over 1,500 participants took part in the competitions.
Chief Conservator of Forest Surguja SK Singh explained that the idea behind choosing the topic was to handle human-elephant conflict.
“We want to ensure community participation to minimize the conflict. So we have chosen this topic as well as children and youths from elephant affected areas of Surguja, Balrampur and Surajpur districts,” Singh said.
The programme was recognised by UNEP. Ten best participants will be selected for international level competitions. The best participants will be honoured with certificate by the Forest Department at a programme scheduled on June 9.
CCF SK Singh, Surguja District Collector Ritu Sen, Divisional Forest Officer Balrampur BP Singh, DFO Surguja Mohammad Shahid, Environmentalist OP Agrawal, SP Surguja Nayak, Panu Haldar, Gautam were present.