Monday, January 25, 2010

Rotary Club organises ‘Jal Urja Mahotsav’ for local schools

Dehradun: The Rotary Club, Dehradun Central, organised a ‘Jal Urja Mahotsav’ during which an Energy and Water Conservation Fair was held at the Summer Valley School here, today.
The purpose of the Fair was to focus on issues related to energy and water conservation, as well as global warming. Various schools participated in essay, speech & brainstorming, painting, futuristic modeling competitions on the occasion.
The fair included educational stalls and a food court. Music and entertainment programmes were also held, which included youth bands and skits. The institutions that took part included Hilton School, Jaswant Modern School, Him Jyoti, Brightland School, Wynberg Allen, Summer Valley and Sai Institute. Present on the occasion were Chief Guest PDG Shaju Peter, Rotary Club President Sangeet Sharma, Secretary Shobhit Bhatia, Chairman Vipin Berry and the Convenor, Deepak Nagalia. The topic for the painting and essay competitions was ‘energy and water conservation’, as well as ‘global warming’; that for the speech and brainstorming was ‘Traditional approach as opposed to modern approach to environment friendly practices’. The task given for the futuristic modeling was to develop a model of a self-sustaining township.

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