Painting power
K.N. MURALI SANKAR
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The competition conducted by the NEDCAP was an eye opener.
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PHOTO: CH. VIJAYA BHASKAR
Message through colour: At the competition
What is the difference between conventional and non-conventional energy sources? The usual answer to the question would be that coal, lignite, peat, petroleum, and natural gas are some of the main conventional energy sources while non-conventional energy sources include wastes, water, wind, geothermal deposits, biomass and solar heat.
But, 10-year-old K. Alfred Joseph differentiated the two types of energy sources by using colours and won prizes and accolades. The district level competition conducted by the Non-conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NEDCAP) in Vijayawada, to select entries for the State level competition to be conducted in Hyderabad on August 20 on the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas.
A Std. V student of D.A.V. Public School at Kondapalli, Kumar chose painting to convey the message of using non-conventional energy sources in all possible ways. Through his painting, he highlighted the benefits of the renewable energy sources, such as absence of pollution and cost effectiveness. His painting was chosen as the best from among the 120 paintings done by the children. Joseph, along with K. Basanth Arun and K.V.L.S.S. Srivallika, winners of the second and third places, would participate in the competition on August 20.
Point of interest
“My father gave me the theme and advised me about colour combinations,” said an elated Joseph. Though he was nervous after seeing the participants at the competition, he concentrated only on his painting and completed it in the prescribed time.
“I had no idea of the competition. My mother told me about it and trained me for two days,” said Basanth Arun, a Std. III student of N.S.M. Public School, Patamata. He felt that solar and wind powers were economical compared to petrol and diesel. “We can operate cars by using solar energy,” he pointed out.
Participants of the competition chose different themes on how best non-conventional energy sources could be used.
Sai Lalitha Bhavani, a Std. V student of Subhodaya School in Ajith Singh Nagar in the city, made a pictorial depiction of how domestic waste could be converted into electricity. “I have seen this plant near our house,” she said.
Narasimha Rao, a drawing teacher from the Mandal Parishad Primary School in Vatsavai, who accompanied three children from his school to the competition, said consumption of non-renewable sources of energy caused more environmental damage than any other negative human activity.
“For example, electricity generated from coal and crude oil has led to high concentrations of harmful gases in the atmosphere,” he explained.
Before asking children to practise painting, some of the teachers gave them the details of renewable energy, such as sun, wind, water, agricultural residue, firewood and animal dung.
“We gave them themes like biogas plants, solar water heaters and windmills and asked them to paint any one of them.
After completing of their work, we suggested the required changes and helped them in selecting colours,” Mr. Narasimha Rao said.
NEDCAP Krishna District Manager K. Srinivasa Rao said teachers and parents of the children had taken much interest and brought a good number of children to the competition.
“The response is good here compared to many other districts,” he said.
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