‘Need to make youth aware, active in environ protection’
   Date :06-Jun-2022

environ protection 
 
 
 
Staff Reporter
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the thoughts and sensitivity of children towards saving nature has been effectively expressed through art mediums. The coming generations should be aware and active for environmental protection, this is the need of the hour. Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing children on the occasion of World Environment Day at the Jal Tarang Interpretation Center developed under the Bhoj Wetland project at Boat Club in Bhopal. Chief Minister Chouhan distributed prizes to the winners of painting competition and quiz organized on environment protection. He congratulated the children who gave the message of protecting the environment through painting. Chief Minister Chouhan also visited the Jal Tarang Interpretation Center. New and Renewable, Energy and Environment Minister Hardeep Singh Dang and departmental officers were present on the occasion.
Addressing the children, the Chief Minister said that, it is necessary to learn various arts, enhance understanding about environment and enhance activities of personal interest
along with studies, to hone one’s talent. Chief Minister Chouhan said that the state ranks fifth in the country in the quality of education. We have to bring our state at number one. For this, the teachers as well as the students have to work hard. Chief Minister Chouhan while motivating the children said that they should study a lot and try seriously to get admission in the best institutes of the country. On getting selected in the institutes, the cost of study will be borne by the state government.
Jal Tarang Interpretation Center was established in the year 2004
It may be noted that the Jal Tarang Interpretation Center was established in the year 2004 near the Boat Club, on the banks of the Upper Lake, to create sensitivity and awareness among the general public about the conservation of ponds and wetlands. In this, information related to ponds and wetlands has been displayed through models, exhibits, equipment. In the center, information about flora, fauna and birds found in Bhoj Wetland and complete details related to the use of water has been displayed in an attractive manner. The center has information about the river system of the state and the environment, weather, ecosystem of different continents of the world. Activities are also conducted in the center to enhance the knowledge of children through games.
Chief Minister Chouhan gave away prizes to painting competition winners including Ishika Singh, Priyal Jain and Sheetal Gupta and quiz winners Atifa Naaz, Pragya Kansotia and Shikha Yadav. Publication material focused on environmental protection was also presented to the children by Chief Minister Chouhan.