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Fresh ideas on source segregation of garbage

— Photo: S. Thanthoni

Giving colour to ideas: Children participating in a painting competition organised by the Chennai Corporation in Chennai on Saturday.

CHENNAI: There was a constant murmur in the air. Some children paced the corridor at Valluvar Kottam rehearsing lines under their breath, while others checked and re-checked their pencils, paints and rulers. With more than 2,000 students participating in the contest conducted by the Chennai Corporation here on Saturday, the competition was bound to be stiff.

To celebrate Children’s Day, the Corporation organised four competitions – essay writing, slogan writing, drawing and elocution in two different categories for students of both corporation and private schools across the city. The first category consisted of students from classes VI to VIII, while the second had students from classes IX to XII. Students from over 250 schools participated in the competitions, which were based on the theme of source segregation of garbage. “We are trying to promote source segregation of garbage. Competitions like these will create awareness among the students and their parents. The response has been amazing,” said Joint Commissioner (Corporation Schools) Kakarla Usha.

On the request of the students, the time for the drawing competition was stretched from one to two hours. The theme for the drawing, essay writing and elocution competitions was source segregation of waste, while the slogan writing contest theme was ‘Making Chennai a clean city’ and ‘My vision of Chennai’.

Around 30 professors from various colleges in the city were the judges for the competitions that were held in both Tamil and English.

“Chennai has improved in various dimensions but waste management remains a problem. So this is a very appealing topic, very useful too,” said V.C.S. Deepak, a student of M.E.S. Razeena Matriculation Higher Secondary School, who was participating in the elocution contest.

Cash prizes ranging from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 500 will be awarded to the winners on November 15.

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