Port Blair, July 30: On 27 July 2024, Chetna Port Blair, A Socio-cultural organisation conducted a speech competition for students of class 9th and 10th as part of celebration of 75th Van Mahotsav at RGT Public Vidyalaya, Port Blair. The event was aimed at generating awareness about environment and to provide platform to the young talents of the islands.
Altogether 20 students from 10 private schools participated. The performance was judged and Winners were
• First: Shayoni Das , class (IX ) of RGT public school.
• Second: Diksha Pandey, Class (X ) NCS
• Third: S.Sivaranjini, Class (X) Khalsa public school
• Fourth: Farisha Jadwet, Class ( IX) NCS
Trophies and certificates were awarded to the winners by Chief Guest, Mr. Jai Kumar Roi and Guest of Honour, Mrs. Minati Biswas. The event was presided over by Sri Ilyas Ahmed Khan. The chief guest congratulated the winners and expressed that performance of the entire participant was at par with excellence, Mr. BP Yadav President of Chetna, Mr. Farooque Sheikh Alam vice president of Chetna, and Dr. Neeta Sammadar encouraged the students to freely express their thoughts, emphasising necessity of green cover and pollution control. Mr. I A Khan, urged the participants and audience to be vigilant to protect the existing greenery of Andaman Nicobar Islands,. Vote of thanks was proposed, by Dr. Renu Bala, the General Secretary of Chetna.
